Health expectancy; since 1981

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Health expectancy; since 1981
Sex Age (at December 31) Type of figure Periods Life expectancy in perceived good health (years) Life expectancy in good mental health (years)
Total male and female 0 year Percentage/average 2021 65.2 70.9
Total male and female 0 year Standard errors 2021 0.3 .
Total male and female 1 year Percentage/average 2021 64.9 70.6
Total male and female 1 year Standard errors 2021 0.3 .
Total male and female 5 years Percentage/average 2021 61.1 66.7
Total male and female 5 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 .
Total male and female 10 years Percentage/average 2021 56.2 61.7
Total male and female 10 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.3
Total male and female 15 years Percentage/average 2021 51.5 56.9
Total male and female 15 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.3
Total male and female 20 years Percentage/average 2021 47.1 52.9
Total male and female 20 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.3
Total male and female 25 years Percentage/average 2021 43.0 49.1
Total male and female 25 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.3
Total male and female 30 years Percentage/average 2021 38.7 45.1
Total male and female 30 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Total male and female 35 years Percentage/average 2021 34.7 41.1
Total male and female 35 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Total male and female 40 years Percentage/average 2021 30.6 36.9
Total male and female 40 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Total male and female 45 years Percentage/average 2021 26.7 32.9
Total male and female 45 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Total male and female 50 years Percentage/average 2021 22.9 28.8
Total male and female 50 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Total male and female 55 years Percentage/average 2021 19.4 25.0
Total male and female 55 years Standard errors 2021 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 60 years Percentage/average 2021 15.9 21.1
Total male and female 60 years Standard errors 2021 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 65 years Percentage/average 2021 13.0 17.6
Total male and female 65 years Standard errors 2021 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 70 years Percentage/average 2021 10.1 14.0
Total male and female 70 years Standard errors 2021 0.2 0.1
Total male and female 75 years Percentage/average 2021 7.4 10.7
Total male and female 75 years Standard errors 2021 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 80 years Percentage/average 2021 4.8 7.7
Total male and female 80 years Standard errors 2021 0.2 0.2
Male 0 year Percentage/average 2021 65.4 71.6
Male 0 year Standard errors 2021 0.5 .
Male 1 year Percentage/average 2021 65.1 71.3
Male 1 year Standard errors 2021 0.4 .
Male 5 years Percentage/average 2021 61.3 67.4
Male 5 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 .
Male 10 years Percentage/average 2021 56.5 62.4
Male 10 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.4
Male 15 years Percentage/average 2021 51.8 57.5
Male 15 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.4
Male 20 years Percentage/average 2021 47.3 53.0
Male 20 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.4
Male 25 years Percentage/average 2021 43.1 49.1
Male 25 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.3
Male 30 years Percentage/average 2021 38.8 44.8
Male 30 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.3
Male 35 years Percentage/average 2021 34.5 40.6
Male 35 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.3
Male 40 years Percentage/average 2021 30.5 36.5
Male 40 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.3
Male 45 years Percentage/average 2021 26.5 32.4
Male 45 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Male 50 years Percentage/average 2021 22.5 28.3
Male 50 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Male 55 years Percentage/average 2021 18.8 24.4
Male 55 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Male 60 years Percentage/average 2021 15.5 20.5
Male 60 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Male 65 years Percentage/average 2021 12.6 16.9
Male 65 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Male 70 years Percentage/average 2021 9.7 13.4
Male 70 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Male 75 years Percentage/average 2021 7.2 10.2
Male 75 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Male 80 years Percentage/average 2021 4.7 7.3
Male 80 years Standard errors 2021 0.3 0.2
Female 0 year Percentage/average 2021 65.1 70.1
Female 0 year Standard errors 2021 0.5 .
Female 1 year Percentage/average 2021 64.8 69.8
Female 1 year Standard errors 2021 0.5 .
Female 5 years Percentage/average 2021 60.9 65.9
Female 5 years Standard errors 2021 0.5 .
Female 10 years Percentage/average 2021 56.0 60.9
Female 10 years Standard errors 2021 0.5 0.5
Female 15 years Percentage/average 2021 51.1 56.2
Female 15 years Standard errors 2021 0.5 0.5
Female 20 years Percentage/average 2021 46.9 52.7
Female 20 years Standard errors 2021 0.5 0.4
Female 25 years Percentage/average 2021 42.8 49.1
Female 25 years Standard errors 2021 0.5 0.4
Female 30 years Percentage/average 2021 38.6 45.3
Female 30 years Standard errors 2021 0.5 0.4
Female 35 years Percentage/average 2021 34.8 41.5
Female 35 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.4
Female 40 years Percentage/average 2021 30.7 37.3
Female 40 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.3
Female 45 years Percentage/average 2021 27.0 33.3
Female 45 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.3
Female 50 years Percentage/average 2021 23.2 29.3
Female 50 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.3
Female 55 years Percentage/average 2021 20.0 25.6
Female 55 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.3
Female 60 years Percentage/average 2021 16.3 21.7
Female 60 years Standard errors 2021 0.4 0.3
Source: CBS.
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This table represents five variants of health expectancies:
-life expectancy in perceived good health.
-life expectancy without physical limitations.
-life expectancy without chronic morbidity.
-life expectancy in good mental health.
-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 15 July 2022:
The figures of 2021 are added.

When will new figures be published?
Third quarter of 2023.

Description topics

Life expectancy in perceived good health
The number of years a person of a certain age can (still) expect to live
in perceived good health.
The following survey question is used to calculate the life expectancy in
perceived good health:
How is your health in general?
People answering 'good' or 'very good' are considered healthy.
The data of the years 1981 and 1982 have been repaired. More information
about this repair can be found in the table explanation.
Life expectancy in good mental health
The number of years a person of a certain age can (still) expect to live
in good mental health.
The calculation of mental health is based on the scores on the Mental
Health Inventory (MHI-5). Therefore the following questions of the health
survey are used:
During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time.:
-Have you been a very nervous person?
-Did you feel depressed?
-Have you felt calm and peaceful?
-Have you felt downhearted and blue?
-Were you a happy person?
The possible answers to these questions are: 'all of the time', 'most of
the time', 'a good bit of the time', 'some of the time', 'a little of the
time' and 'non of the time'. Positively phrased questions are scored
respectively 5,4,3,2,1 and 0. Negatively phrased questions are scored
0,1,2,3,4 and 5. For every respondent a sum score is being calculated
which is multiplied by 4. Therefore the minimum score of a person is 0
(very unhealthy) and the maximum score is 100 (perfectly healthy. Every
respondent with a score of 60 or more is considered to be healthy.
The questions of the Mental Health Inventory are only asked to people
aged 12 and older. In the calculation of the life expectancy in good
mental health therefore the assumption is made that children younger than
12 years have the same prevalence of mental unhealthiness as people of 12
through 14 years.