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Healthy life years statistics – Statistics Explained


Healthy life years at birth

In 2021, the number of healthy life years at birth was estimated at 64.2 years for women and 63.1 years for men in the EU.
The gender gap was considerably smaller in terms of healthy life years than it was for overall life expectancy.
Life expectancy for women in the EU was, on average, 5.7 years longer than that for men in 2021. However, most of these additional years tend to be lived with activity limitations.
Indeed, at just 1.1 years difference in favour of women, the gender gap was considerably smaller in terms of healthy life years than it was for…



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