Findings
HS-28, Healthy Life Expectancy 2002
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Country |
DALE Healthy Life Expectancy |
Average Life Expectancy at Birth |
Top 10 Countries: |
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|
|
74.5 |
82.0 |
|
|
73.3 |
80.4 |
|
|
73.2 |
80.6 |
|
|
72.9 |
81.2 |
|
|
72.7 |
79.7 |
|
|
72.6 |
80.4 |
|
|
72.6 |
79.6 |
|
|
72.3 |
72.2 |
|
|
72.0 |
72.0 |
|
|
71.0 |
71.0 |
|
|
69.3 |
77.3 |
The Bottom 5: |
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|
|
34.2 |
38.8 |
|
|
33.6 |
37.9 |
|
|
33.4 |
39.9 |
|
|
31.4 |
35.7 |
|
|
28.6 |
34.0 |
Healthy Life Expectancy. For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has calculated healthy life expectancy for babies born in 1999, using indicators developed by WHO scientists. Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE) is the expected number of years to be lived in what might be termed the equivalent of "full health." To calculate DALE, the years of ill-health are weighted according to severity and subtracted from the expected overall life expectancy to give the equivalent years of healthy life.
Life Expectancy. Globally, the average life expectancy at birth was over 65 years in 1995, an increase of more than three years from those born in 1985. At the same time, the life expectancy gap between the industrialized and the developing worlds narrowed to 13.3 years in 1995 from 25 years in 1955. However, the gap between least developed and other developing countries has widened from seven years to more than 13 years in the same period.
Source: www.who.org