Trends in healthy life expectancy (in years) by sex, province and year
| 1990 | 2007 | 2019 | Delta HALE (1990 vs 2019) | ||||||||
| Male | Female | Both sexes | Male | Female | Both sexes | Male | Female | Both sexes | Male | Female | |
| South Africa | 52.8 (50.8 to 54.8) | 58.1 (55.2 to 60.7) | 55.5 (53.0 to 60.7) | 45.5 (43.5 to 47.4) | 47.1 (44.2 to 49.7) | 46.4 (44.1 to 48.5) | 54.4 (52 to 56.8) | 57.9 (54.8 to 60.7) | 56.2 (53.6 to 58.4) | 1.6 | −0.3 |
| Eastern Cape | 52.4 (49.7 to 55) | 57.1 (53.9 to 60.1) | 54.9 (52.2 to 57.5) | 41.9 (39.9 to 44) | 45.4 (42.5 to 48.1) | 43.7 (41.4 to 46.0) | 51.4 (48.7 to 54.1) | 57 (53.7 to 60.3) | 54.3 (51.5 to 57.0) | -1 | −0.1 |
| Free State | 50.7 (48.1 to 53) | 56.1 (53 to 59.3) | 53.2 (50.5 to 55.5) | 39.6 (37.9 to 41.2) | 40.8 (38.3 to 43) | 40.2 (38.2 to 42.0) | 50.5 (47.9 to 53) | 54.6 (51.4 to 57.7) | 52.5 (49.8 to 55.1) | −0.2 | −1.4 |
| Gauteng | 52.7 (50.2 to 55) | 57.6 (54.7 to 60.5) | 54.9 (52.3 to 57.3) | 49.9 (47.6 to 52.3) | 48.8 (45.6 to 51.8) | 49.4 (46.9 to 51.8) | 57.3 (54.4 to 60.1) | 58.7 (55.1 to 61.8) | 58.0 (55.2 to 60.7) | 4.6 | 1.1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 50.5 (48 to 53.1) | 56.9 (53.4 to 60) | 53.7 (51.1 to 56.2) | 41.1 (38.9 to 43) | 42.7 (39.7 to 45.4) | 41.9 (39.4 to 44.1) | 52.1 (49.3 to 55) | 56.1 (52.6 to 59.3) | 54.2 (51.4 to 57.0) | 1.6 | −0.8 |
| Limpopo | 60 (57 to 63.1) | 61.4 (57.7 to 64.8) | 60.8 (57.8 to 63.8) | 47.4 (45.2 to 49.4) | 51.2 (48.1 to 54.1) | 49.4 (47.0 to 51.9) | 54.9 (52.3 to 57.5) | 59.9 (56.4 to 63.2) | 57.6 (54.5 to 60.3) | −5.1 | −1.5 |
| Mpumalanga | 56.3 (53.6 to 59.1) | 59.5 (56 to 62.6) | 57.9 (55.0 to 60.7) | 43.7 (41.3 to 45.7) | 44 (40.7 to 46.7) | 43.8 (41.1 to 46.1) | 54.1 (50.8 to 57.2) | 56.7 (53 to 60.1) | 55.4 (52.5 to 58.4) | −2.3 | −2.8 |
| North-West | 56.9 (53.9 to 59.7) | 60 (56.8 to 63.3) | 58.4 (55.4 to 61.1) | 44.8 (42.3 to 47.4) | 44.8 (41.5 to 47.9) | 44.8 (42.2 to 47.3) | 52.5 (49.5 to 55.6) | 55.2 (51.7 to 58.9) | 53.7 (51.0 to 56.7) | −4.4 | −4.8 |
| Northern Cape | 54.8 (52.1 to 57.4) | 56.9 (53.8 to 59.9) | 55.8 (53.1 to 58.4) | 44.2 (42.5 to 45.9) | 46.3 (43.9 to 48.5) | 45.2 (43.3 to 47.1) | 52.9 (50.5 to 55.4) | 56.5 (53.2 to 59.5) | 54.7 (52.0 to 57.2) | −1.8 | −0.4 |
| Western Cape | 53.6 (51.2 to 56) | 58.6 (55.7 to 61.4) | 56.0 (53.5 to 58.4) | 55.3 (53.2 to 57.3) | 58.4 (55.4 to 61.2) | 56.9 (54.4 to 59.2) | 58.5 (55.5 to 61) | 61.1 (57.5 to 64.4) | 59.8 (56.7 to 62.5) | 4.9 | 2.5 |
HALE, healthy life expectancy.