Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years)

This dataset provides global, regional, and GBD location-specific life expectancy and health adjusted life expectancy (HALE) at birth, by sex, in 1990, 2006, and 2016.

In 2019, Costa Rica and Chile were the Latin American countries with the highest healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth, with an average estimated healthy life span of around 70 years each. Peru and Colombia followed, where the number of healthy life years was calculated at **** years and 69 years, respectively. In contrast, people born in Haiti that year were expected to live an average of less than 56 years in full health.

As of 2023, the countries with the highest life expectancy included Switzerland, Japan, and Spain. As of that time, a new-born child in Switzerland could expect to live an average of **** years. Around the world, females consistently have a higher average life expectancy than males, with females in Europe expected to live an average of *** years longer than males on this continent. Increases in life expectancy The overall average life expectancy in OECD countries increased by **** years from 1970 to 2019. The countries that saw the largest increases included Turkey, India, and South Korea. The life expectancy at birth in Turkey increased an astonishing 24.4 years over this period. The countries with the lowest life expectancy worldwide as of 2022 were Chad, Lesotho, and Nigeria, where a newborn could be expected to live an average of ** years. Life expectancy in the U.S. The life expectancy in the United States was ***** years as of 2023. Shockingly, the life expectancy in the United States has decreased in recent years, while it continues to increase in other similarly developed countries. The COVID-19 pandemic and increasing rates of suicide and drug overdose deaths from the opioid epidemic have been cited as reasons for this decrease.

This data package contains datasets on causes, risk factor, deaths, death rate, years of life lost (YLL), years lived with disability (YLD), disability-adjusted life years (DALY), life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) from the global burden of disease globally.

Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 (years)

Monaco had the highest life expectancy among both men and women worldwide as of 2024. That year, life expectancy for men and women was ** and ** years, respectively. The East Asian countries and regions, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Macao, followed. Many of the countries on the list are struggling with aging populations and a declining workforce as more people enter retirement age compared to people entering employment.

This dataset provides general health prevalence and healthy life expectancy estimates for UK local areas by method including census and published method estimates.

Countries where people live for a long time, as a rule, provide their citizens with high-quality medical care and help them lead a healthy lifestyle. On the contrary, in countries with low life expectancy, there are usually economic difficulties, poverty and lack of access to health services.

This dataset contains healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy by gender, from birth and age 65. Health life expectancy is defined as the average number of years a person aged 'x' would live in good/fairly good health if he or she experiences the particular area's age-specific mortality and health rates throughout their life. Disability-free life expectancy is defined as the average number of years a person aged 'x' would live disability-free (no limiting long-term illness) if he or she experienced the particular area's age-specific mortality and health rates throughout their life. The estimates are calculated by combining age and sex specific mortality rates, with age and sex specific rates on general health and limiting long-term illness. For more information see the ONS website: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies

Healthy life expectancy expresses the average number of years that a child born in a given calendar year can expect to live in good health. As of 2021, the healthy life expectancy was the highest in Trentino-South Tyrol, reaching 65.8 years of life. On the contrary, the lowest was in Calabria, with 54.4 years.

This dataset contains healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy by gender, from birth and age 65. Health life expectancy is defined as the average number of years a person aged 'x' would live in good/fairly good health if he or she experiences the particular area's age-specific mortality and health rates throughout their life. Disability-free life expectancy is defined as the average number of years a person aged 'x' would live disability-free (no limiting long-term illness) if he or she experienced the particular area's age-specific mortality and health rates throughout their life. The estimates are calculated by combining age and sex specific mortality rates, with age and sex specific rates on general health and limiting long-term illness. For more information see the ONS website: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies

Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years)

  Dataset Description

This dataset provides information on 'Healthy life expectancy' for countries in the WHO African Region. The data is disaggregated by the 'Sex' dimension, allowing for analysis of health inequalities across different population subgroups. Units: HALE

  Dimensions and Subgroups

Dimension: Sex Available Subgroups: Female, Male

  Data Structure

The dataset is in a wide format.

Index: Year… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/healthy-life-expectancyat-birthby-sex-for-african-countries.

In 2019-2021 healthy life expectancy at birth for females was 61.1 years and for males was 60.4 years. Healthy life expectancy at birth fell for both males and females over the latest year. Healthy life expectancy has been decreasing since 2015-2017 for males and since 2014-2016 for females. Orkney Islands had the highest healthy life expectancy for both males and females. North Lanarkshire had the lowest healthy life expectancy for males and North Ayrshire had the lowest healthy life expectancy for females. Healthy life expectancy for males in the most deprived areas of Scotland was 26 years lower than in the least deprived areas. For females the difference was almost 25 years. In the most deprived areas, males and females spend more than a third of their life in poor health compared to around 15% in the least deprived areas.

This dataset of U.S. mortality trends since 1900 highlights the differences in age-adjusted death rates and life expectancy at birth by race and sex. Age-adjusted death rates (deaths per 100,000) after 1998 are calculated based on the 2000 U.S. standard population. Populations used for computing death rates for 2011–2017 are postcensal estimates based on the 2010 census, estimated as of July 1, 2010. Rates for census years are based on populations enumerated in the corresponding censuses. Rates for noncensus years between 2000 and 2010 are revised using updated intercensal population estimates and may differ from rates previously published. Data on age-adjusted death rates prior to 1999 are taken from historical data (see References below). Life expectancy data are available up to 2017. Due to changes in categories of race used in publications, data are not available for the black population consistently before 1968, and not at all before 1960. More information on historical data on age-adjusted death rates is available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/mortality/hist293.htm. SOURCES CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, historical data, 1900-1998 (see https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/mortality_historical_data.htm); CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, mortality data (see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm); and CDC WONDER (see http://wonder.cdc.gov). REFERENCES National Center for Health Statistics, Data Warehouse. Comparability of cause-of-death between ICD revisions. 2008. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/mortality/comparability_icd.htm. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital statistics data available. Mortality multiple cause files. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm. Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Xu JQ, Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2017. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 68 no 9. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2019. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_09-508.pdf. Arias E, Xu JQ. United States life tables, 2017. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 68 no 7. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2019. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_07-508.pdf. National Center for Health Statistics. Historical Data, 1900-1998. 2009. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/mortality_historical_data.htm.

Male healthy life expectancy was 60.9 years. Female healthy life expectancy was 61.8 years. For males, healthy life expectancy at birth was highest in Orkney Islands (71.2 years) and lowest in Inverclyde (54.4 years). For females, healthy life expectancy at birth was highest in Orkney (77.5 years) and lowest in North Ayrshire (54.0 years).

Health adjusted life expectancy and life expectancy rates, at birth and at age 65, by sex, three-year average, by income quintiles.

International estimates of mean life expectancy at age 40, by country for men and women

This table provides information on healthy life expectancy and overall life expectancy. This table presents four variants of healthy life expectancy: Life expectancy in well-experienced health. Life expectancy without physical limitations. Life expectancy without chronic diseases. Life expectancy in good mental health. Life expectancy in year X indicates how many years an average person of a certain age will still live, assuming that age-specific mortality rates throughout the rest of life will remain the same as in year X. Healthy life expectancy in year X indicates how many years an average person of a certain age will still live in good health, assuming that age-specific mortality and age-specific chances of good health throughout the rest of life will remain the same as in year X. In the table, the data on (healthy) life expectancy can be broken down to the following characteristics: —Gender —Age —Level of training —Period

Data available from: 1997/2000 to 2011/2014

Status of the figures: The figures in this table are final

Changes as of 18 January 2016 The figures in this table are partly from the Health Survey. As of 2014, CBS has added variables on income and wealth to the weighing model of the Health Survey. This is because some income groups and wealth groups are relatively less likely to participate in surveys than others. However, adding these variables to the weighing model was not done properly. This has caused some respondents’ responses to be counted too heavily in determining the figures to be published. Other respondents were taken with too low weight. Rectifying this error affects published figures using the 2014 Health Survey. However, the impact on the figures in this table is limited, as several volumes of Health Survey have been used, making the impact of the year 2014 relatively small.

Changes as of 9 December 2015 The table has been extended to include figures covering the period 2011/2014.

When are new figures coming? This table has been discontinued. New figures appear in the Healthy Life Expectancy table; level of education. See paragraph 3.

In 2024, the average life expectancy in the world was 71 years for men and 76 years for women. The lowest life expectancies were found in Africa, while Oceania and Europe had the highest. What is life expectancy?Life expectancy is defined as a statistical measure of how long a person may live, based on demographic factors such as gender, current age, and most importantly the year of their birth. The most commonly used measure of life expectancy is life expectancy at birth or at age zero. The calculation is based on the assumption that mortality rates at each age were to remain constant in the future. Life expectancy has changed drastically over time, especially during the past 200 years. In the early 20th century, the average life expectancy at birth in the developed world stood at 31 years. It has grown to an average of 70 and 75 years for males and females respectively, and is expected to keep on growing with advances in medical treatment and living standards continuing. Highest and lowest life expectancy worldwide Life expectancy still varies greatly between different regions and countries of the world. The biggest impact on life expectancy is the quality of public health, medical care, and diet. As of 2022, the countries with the highest life expectancy were Japan, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Australia, all at 84–83 years. Most of the countries with the lowest life expectancy are mostly African countries. The ranking was led by the Chad, Nigeria, and Lesotho with 53–54 years.