Table 4

Life expectancy (LE) and health expectancies at age 50 for women, by country (rank between countries in parentheses, 1=lowest, 13=highest)

IndicatorAustriaBelgiumDenmarkFranceGermanyGreeceItalyNetherlandsSpainSwedenSwitzerlandCzech RepublicPoland
LE34.1 (8)33.8 (6)32.1 (3)36.0 (13)33.8 (6)33.2 (4)35.4 (11)33.5 (5)35.7 (12)34.3 (9)35.2 (10)31.3 (1)31.5 (2)
LE free of morbidity10.0 (10)7.2 (3)8.3 (6)9.7 (8)9.9 (9)8.5 (7)8.1 (4)12.4 (12)8.2 (5)10.2 (11)14.0 (13)6.7 (2)5.7 (1)
LE free of severe morbidity25.9 (8)25.1 (5)23.9 (3)27.7 (12)27.0 (10)25.3 (6)24.1 (4)27.0 (10)26.0 (9)25.3 (6)31.3 (13)22.9 (2)19.6 (1)
LE free of physical functional limitation13.4 (5)14.1 (6)16.3 (11)14.9 (10)14.6 (8)10.1 (2)11.9 (4)16.6 (12)14.2 (7)14.8 (9)19.9 (13)11.5 (3)7.1 (1)
LE free of activity limitation (HLY)15.0 (3)18.1 (8)18.2 (9)20.1 (11)15.4 (4)21.5 (12)17.5 (6)15.5 (5)18.7 (10)17.5 (6)22.2 (13)11.7 (2)11.1 (1)
LE free of severe activity limitation28.3 (9)27.2 (5)27.3 (6)27.6 (7)26.6 (4)30.2 (11)29.3 (10)25.5 (3)33.2 (13)28.1 (8)31.5 (12)25.3 (2)22.0 (1)
LE free of IADL limitation24.5 (4)25.0 (5)25.3 (6)25.8 (8)26.8 (11)23.7 (2)25.9 (9)26.2 (10)25.6 (7)27.3 (12)30.3 (13)24.4 (3)20.3 (1)
LE free of ADL limitation29.5 (7)27.6 (2)28.2 (3)30.1 (11)28.5 (5)29.4 (6)29.6 (9)29.5 (7)29.8 (10)30.2 (12)32.6 (13)28.2 (3)23.6 (1)
LE in good self-perceived health21.9 (8)22.4 (10)22.7 (12)20.3 (6)19.0 (5)22.4 (10)17.1 (4)22.2 (9)16.8 (3)21.4 (7)28.2 (13)16.7 (2)10.9 (1)
LE in good or fair self-perceived health31.0 (10)31.1 (11)29.5 (3)30.9 (7)29.8 (5)30.8 (9)29.8 (5)31.4 (12)29.6 (4)31.0 (8)33.7 (13)26.9 (2)19.9 (1)
  • ADL, activities of daily living; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; HLY, healthy life years.