Health expectancy; since 1981

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Health expectancy; since 1981
Sex Age (at December 31) Type of figure Periods 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 2022 75.3 54.0
Total male and female 0 year Standard errors 2022 . .
Total male and female 1 year Percentage/average 2022 75.0 53.6
Total male and female 1 year Standard errors 2022 . .
Total male and female 5 years Percentage/average 2022 71.1 49.7
Total male and female 5 years Standard errors 2022 . .
Total male and female 10 years Percentage/average 2022 66.1 44.7
Total male and female 10 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Total male and female 15 years Percentage/average 2022 61.2 40.3
Total male and female 15 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Total male and female 20 years Percentage/average 2022 56.4 36.7
Total male and female 20 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Total male and female 25 years Percentage/average 2022 51.5 32.8
Total male and female 25 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Total male and female 30 years Percentage/average 2022 46.6 28.8
Total male and female 30 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Total male and female 35 years Percentage/average 2022 41.9 25.0
Total male and female 35 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Total male and female 40 years Percentage/average 2022 37.1 21.3
Total male and female 40 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Total male and female 45 years Percentage/average 2022 32.5 18.0
Total male and female 45 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Total male and female 50 years Percentage/average 2022 28.1 14.9
Total male and female 50 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 55 years Percentage/average 2022 23.7 12.3
Total male and female 55 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 60 years Percentage/average 2022 19.6 9.7
Total male and female 60 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 65 years Percentage/average 2022 15.7 7.2
Total male and female 65 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 70 years Percentage/average 2022 11.8 5.0
Total male and female 70 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 75 years Percentage/average 2022 8.3 3.2
Total male and female 75 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.2
Total male and female 80 years Percentage/average 2022 5.0 1.6
Total male and female 80 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.1
Male 0 year Percentage/average 2022 76.2 55.7
Male 0 year Standard errors 2022 . .
Male 1 year Percentage/average 2022 76.0 55.3
Male 1 year Standard errors 2022 . .
Male 5 years Percentage/average 2022 72.1 51.4
Male 5 years Standard errors 2022 . .
Male 10 years Percentage/average 2022 67.1 46.4
Male 10 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.5
Male 15 years Percentage/average 2022 62.2 42.0
Male 15 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.5
Male 20 years Percentage/average 2022 57.4 38.0
Male 20 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.4
Male 25 years Percentage/average 2022 52.6 33.9
Male 25 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.4
Male 30 years Percentage/average 2022 47.7 29.6
Male 30 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.4
Male 35 years Percentage/average 2022 43.0 25.7
Male 35 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.4
Male 40 years Percentage/average 2022 38.3 21.8
Male 40 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.4
Male 45 years Percentage/average 2022 33.8 18.4
Male 45 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.4
Male 50 years Percentage/average 2022 29.2 15.1
Male 50 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Male 55 years Percentage/average 2022 24.8 12.6
Male 55 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Male 60 years Percentage/average 2022 20.7 9.8
Male 60 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Male 65 years Percentage/average 2022 16.7 7.3
Male 65 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.3
Male 70 years Percentage/average 2022 13.0 5.4
Male 70 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.2
Male 75 years Percentage/average 2022 9.6 3.8
Male 75 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.2
Male 80 years Percentage/average 2022 6.5 2.0
Male 80 years Standard errors 2022 0.2 0.2
Female 0 year Percentage/average 2022 74.6 51.8
Female 0 year Standard errors 2022 . .
Female 1 year Percentage/average 2022 74.3 51.5
Female 1 year Standard errors 2022 . .
Female 5 years Percentage/average 2022 70.4 47.5
Female 5 years Standard errors 2022 . .
Female 10 years Percentage/average 2022 65.4 42.5
Female 10 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.5
Female 15 years Percentage/average 2022 60.4 38.6
Female 15 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.5
Female 20 years Percentage/average 2022 55.6 35.3
Female 20 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.5
Female 25 years Percentage/average 2022 50.7 31.7
Female 25 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.4
Female 30 years Percentage/average 2022 45.9 28.1
Female 30 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.4
Female 35 years Percentage/average 2022 41.1 24.4
Female 35 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.4
Female 40 years Percentage/average 2022 36.2 20.8
Female 40 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.4
Female 45 years Percentage/average 2022 31.6 17.7
Female 45 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.4
Female 50 years Percentage/average 2022 27.2 14.8
Female 50 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.3
Female 55 years Percentage/average 2022 22.9 12.1
Female 55 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 0.3
Female 60 years Percentage/average 2022 18.8 9.6
Female 60 years Standard errors 2022 0.3 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.
-without psychological complaints
-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 19 January 2024:
In the calculation of life expectancy without psychological complaints, for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, incorrect prevalences of ill health were used for children up to 12 years of age. That has now been adjusted. The correction leads, for children, to lower estimates of life expectancy without psychological complaints. In addition, standard errors have been added for life expectancy without psychological complaints for the ages 0, 1 and 5 years.

When will new figures be published?
Third quarter of 2024.

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.