Health expectancy; since 1981

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Sex Age (at December 31) Type of figure Life exp. without physical limitations LE other severity levels of limitations LE without severe limitations (years) Life exp. without physical limitations LE other severity levels of limitations LE without light, moderate, severe lim. (years)
Total male and female 0 year Percentage/average 76.1 52.8
Standard errors . .
1 year Percentage/average 75.8 52.5
Standard errors . .
5 years Percentage/average 71.9 48.5
Standard errors . .
10 years Percentage/average 66.9 43.5
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
15 years Percentage/average 62.0 39.2
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
20 years Percentage/average 57.2 35.6
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
25 years Percentage/average 52.4 31.7
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
30 years Percentage/average 47.6 27.8
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
35 years Percentage/average 42.9 24.0
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
40 years Percentage/average 38.2 20.2
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
45 years Percentage/average 33.6 16.9
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
50 years Percentage/average 29.2 13.9
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
55 years Percentage/average 24.9 11.3
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
60 years Percentage/average 20.7 8.8
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
65 years Percentage/average 16.7 6.5
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
70 years Percentage/average 13.0 4.5
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
75 years Percentage/average 9.5 2.8
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
80 years Percentage/average 6.3 1.5
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
Male 0 year Percentage/average 76.9 55.1
Standard errors . .
1 year Percentage/average 76.7 54.8
Standard errors . .
5 years Percentage/average 72.7 50.9
Standard errors . .
10 years Percentage/average 67.8 45.9
Standard errors 0.2 0.5
15 years Percentage/average 62.8 41.5
Standard errors 0.2 0.5
20 years Percentage/average 58.1 37.3
Standard errors 0.2 0.5
25 years Percentage/average 53.3 33.4
Standard errors 0.2 0.4
30 years Percentage/average 48.5 29.1
Standard errors 0.2 0.4
35 years Percentage/average 43.7 25.1
Standard errors 0.2 0.4
40 years Percentage/average 38.9 21.0
Standard errors 0.2 0.4
45 years Percentage/average 34.4 17.6
Standard errors 0.2 0.4
50 years Percentage/average 29.8 14.5
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
55 years Percentage/average 25.5 11.7
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
60 years Percentage/average 21.2 9.2
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
65 years Percentage/average 17.3 7.0
Standard errors 0.2 0.3
70 years Percentage/average 13.5 4.9
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
75 years Percentage/average 10.1 3.2
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
80 years Percentage/average 7.0 1.8
Standard errors 0.2 0.2
Female 0 year Percentage/average 75.3 49.9
Standard errors . .
1 year Percentage/average 75.0 49.5
Standard errors . .
5 years Percentage/average 71.0 45.6
Standard errors . .
10 years Percentage/average 66.0 40.6
Standard errors 0.3 0.5
15 years Percentage/average 61.2 36.9
Standard errors 0.3 0.5
20 years Percentage/average 56.4 33.9
Standard errors 0.3 0.5
25 years Percentage/average 51.6 30.1
Standard errors 0.3 0.5
30 years Percentage/average 46.8 26.4
Standard errors 0.3 0.4
35 years Percentage/average 42.1 22.9
Standard errors 0.3 0.4
40 years Percentage/average 37.4 19.4
Standard errors 0.3 0.4
45 years Percentage/average 32.8 16.2
Standard errors 0.3 0.4
50 years Percentage/average 28.5 13.3
Standard errors 0.3 0.3
55 years Percentage/average 24.3 10.9
Standard errors 0.3 0.3
60 years Percentage/average 20.2 8.4
Standard errors 0.3 0.3
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table represents five variants of health expectancies:
-life expectancy in perceived good health.
-life expectancy without physical limitations.
-life expectancy without chronic morbidity.
-without psychological complaints (until 2023)
-life expectancy without GALI-limitations
In addition, figures of 'normal' life expectancy are included, so the figures of health expectancy can be related to them.
In the table, the data on health expectancy can be split into the following characteristics:
-sex (starting from the data of 2018, the category ‘total, men + women’ is added).
-age.

Using this table one can see the developments over time of health expectancies. For example it can be seen that morbidity free life expectancy of women shortened during the eighties and nineties.
In the same period the life expectancy free of moderate and severe limitations of men increased.

Data available from: 1981

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definitive.

Changes as of June 19, 2025:
The 2024 figures have been added.

When will new figures be published?
The figures for 2025 will be published in the third quarter of 2026.

Description topics

Life exp. without physical limitations
The number of years a person of a certain age can (still) expect to live without physical limitations.
To calculate this life expectancy, physical limitations in the domains of hearing, seeing and moving are being used. The following questions are used to calculate the life expectancy without physical limitations:
-Can you follow a conversation in a group of 3 or more persons (using hearing aid if needed)?
-Can you have a conversation with one other person (using hearing aid if needed)?
-Can you see newspaper print (using glasses or lenses if needed)?
-Can you recognize someone's face from a distance of 4 metres (using glasses or lenses if needed)?
-Can you carry an object of 5 kilo's (e.g. a filled shopping bag) over a distance of 10 metres?
-Can you, when you stand, lean down and pick something of the floor?
-Can you walk for 400 meters without rest (using a walking stick if needed)?
These questions have the following answer categories:
-yes, without difficulty
-yes, with some difficulty
-yes, with a lot of difficulty
-no, I can not do that
For the calculation of the life expectancy without severe physical limitations a respondent is considered to be physical limited when at least 1 question is answered with 'no, I can not do that'.
For the calculation of the life expectancy without moderate or severe physical limitations a respondent is considered to be physical limited when at least 1 question is answered with 'no, I can not do that' or 'yes, with a lot of difficulty'.
For the calculation of the life expectancy without light, moderate or severe physical limitations a respondent is considered to be physical limited when at least 1 question is answered with 'no, I can not do that', 'yes, with a lot of difficulty' or 'yes, with some difficulty.
The data of the years 1983 through 1988 have been repaired. More information about this repair can be found in the table explanation.
The questions about physical limitations are only asked to people aged 12 and older. In the calculation of the life expectancy without physical limitations is therefore assumed that these limitations do not occur to people younger than 12.
LE other severity levels of limitations
LE without severe limitations
LE without light, moderate, severe lim.