A study by doctors has shown the a number of physical warning signs that indicate a higher risk of an early death.
Researchers found that red flags in small everyday tasks can appear up to 10 years before you die - including walking, shopping and getting dressed.
It suggested that ordinary actions such as the time it takes to get up from a chair and using the toilet could hold clues.
Others small tasks include walking speed, grip strength and grocery shopping and cooking, according to findings published in the British Medical Journal.
Researcher studied more than 6,000 participants aged between 33 and 55 years old, conducted between 1985 and 1988.
Between 2007 and 2016, the same participants underwent physical assessments on up to three occasions on the basic tasks.
Deaths from any cause were recorded until October 2019.
It found that a decrease in the level of physical motor functions was linked with an increased risk of death.
The report says that participants in the study who had died recorded slower times getting out of a chair up to 10 years before death than those who had survived.
Those people also experienced more difficulties with daily living activities four years before death - with the difficulties increasing steeply in the period directly before death.
It states: "After taking account of other potentially influential factors, the researchers found that poorer motor function was associated with an increased mortality risk of 22% for walking speed, 15% for grip strength and 14% for timed chair rises, while difficulties with activities of daily living were associated with a 30% increased risk.
"These associations became progressively stronger with later life assessments."
