"Figure 7: Those reporting a mental or physical health condition or illness were more likely to say that the country’s best years are behind us ","" "Optimism about the future of the UK by health status, Great Britain, January, February and April 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Full details of the questions can be found in the [Annex](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/methodologies/optimismandpersonalwellbeingtechnicalreport#annex)." "Unit","%" "","" "","Estimate","Lower confidence limit","Upper confidence limit" "The country’s
best years are behind
us (Ill health)","39.54","35.53","43.55" "The country’s
best years are behind
us (Not ill health)","29.89","26.53","33.25" "Neither
(Ill health)","46.82","42.67","50.98" "Neither
(Not ill health)","51.14","47.41","54.86" "The country’s
best years are ahead
of us (Ill health)","13.64","11.01","16.26" "The country’s
best years are ahead
of us (Not ill health)","18.97","16.07","21.87"