Table 4

Age-Standardized Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) at Birth for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Countries in 1990 and 2010, Both Sexes Combined, With 95% Uncertainty Intervals

CountryLife Expectancy at Birth, yHALE at Birth, y
1990201019902010
EstimateRankEstimateRankEstimateRankEstimateRank
United States75.2 (75.2-75.2)20 (19-21)78.2 (78.2-78.3)27 (27-27)65.8 (64.0-67.4)14 (12-19)68.1 (66.3-69.8)26 (21-27)
Australia76.9 (76.8-76.9)11 (9-12)81.5 (81.4-81.6)4 (4-6)66.6 (64.7-68.4)9 (6-12)70.4 (68.2-72.3)5 (4-9)
Austria75.7 (75.6-75.8)15 (15-16)80.6 (80.5-80.7)13 (11-14)65.8 (63.6-67.6)15 (8-23)69.2 (66.8-71.3)15 (8-26)
Belgium75.9 (75.8-76.0)14 (14-14)79.5 (79.3-79.8)22 (20-24)65.8 (63.8-67.6)13 (12-20)68.7 (66.7-70.6)21 (15-25)
Canada77.2 (77.1-77.3)5 (5-5)80.6 (80.4-80.8)12 (10-14)67.1 (65.2-68.8)5 (2-9)69.7 (67.8-71.6)10 (7-16)
Chile72.9 (72.8-73.0)26 (25-26)78.5 (78.3-78.8)26 (26-26)63.4 (61.5-65.1)26 (24-28)68.6 (66.7-70.4)23 (14-27)
Czech Republic71.6 (71.5-71.7)28 (28-29)77.5 (77.4-77.6)28 (28-28)62.6 (60.8-64.3)29 (27-29)67.4 (65.5-69.3)28 (26-29)
Denmark75.2 (75.0-75.3)21 (19-22)78.9 (78.8-79.1)25 (25-25)65.2 (63.2-67.0)23 (15-24)67.9 (65.8-69.8)27 (23-28)
Estonia69.8 (69.5-70.1)32 (32-32)75.9 (75.6-76.2)30 (30-30)61.1 (59.3-62.6)32 (30-33)65.8 (64.0-67.5)31 (30-32)
Finland75.1 (75.0-75.2)22 (20-22)80.1 (79.9-80.2)17 (15-18)65.3 (63.4-67.0)20 (15-23)69.0 (67.0-70.9)16 (13-23)
France77.1 (77.0-77.1)6 (6-7)80.9 (80.7-81.1)9 (8-11)66.6 (64.6-68.4)11 (6-12)69.7 (67.6-71.6)11 (8-16)
Germany75.4 (75.3-75.4)17 (17-19)80.2 (80.1-80.4)15 (15-17)65.4 (63.5-67.1)18 (15-22)69.3 (67.3-71.1)13 (11-19)
Greece76.9 (76.8-77.0)9 (7-11)79.6 (79.4-79.8)21 (20-23)66.7 (64.7-68.7)8 (4-13)69.0 (66.9-70.8)17 (11-24)
Hungary69.4 (69.3-69.5)33 (33-33)74.5 (74.4-74.6)34 (33-34)60.3 (58.5-61.9)33 (32-33)64.3 (62.3-66.1)33 (33-34)
Iceland77.6 (77.3-78.0)3 (2-4)82.2 (81.7-82.6)2 (2-3)67.5 (65.6-69.4)2 (2-8)70.7 (68.5-72.7)4 (2-10)
Ireland74.8 (74.7-75.0)23 (23-23)79.9 (79.7-80.1)18 (16-20)65.2 (63.1-67.0)22 (13-24)69.0 (66.6-71.0)18 (9-27)
Israel76.4 (76.3-76.5)13 (13-13)81.1 (81.0-81.3)8 (8-9)66.3 (64.4-68.1)12 (8-14)69.9 (67.8-71.9)9 (6-14)
Italy77.0 (76.9-77.0)8 (7-10)81.5 (81.3-81.6)5 (4-7)66.8 (64.8-68.6)7 (5-12)70.3 (68.3-72.2)6 (4-9)
Japan79.1 (79.1-79.1)1 (1-1)82.6 (82.6-82.7)1 (1-1)69.9 (68.0-71.5)1 (1-1)73.0 (71.2-74.7)1 (1-1)
Luxembourg75.3 (75.0-75.6)18 (17-22)80.2 (79.8-80.5)16 (14-19)65.2 (63.0-67.2)19 (13-25)68.7 (66.2-70.8)19 (10-28)
Mexico71.5 (71.2-71.9)29 (28-29)75.5 (75.2-75.7)31 (31-33)62.9 (61.1-64.4)28 (26-29)66.9 (65.2-68.4)29 (28-30)
Netherlands77.0 (76.9-77.1)7 (6-8)80.6 (80.5-80.7)14 (11-14)66.6 (64.7-68.3)10 (6-12)69.3 (67.3-71.1)14 (11-21)
New Zealand75.3 (75.2-75.4)19 (17-21)80.7 (80.5-80.9)11 (10-14)65.3 (63.4-67.0)21 (15-23)69.6 (67.5-71.6)12 (8-16)
Norway76.8 (76.7-76.9)12 (11-12)80.8 (80.7-81.0)10 (9-12)65.5 (63.5-67.5)16 (13-23)68.6 (66.4-70.6)24 (16-26)
Poland70.9 (70.8-70.9)31 (30-31)76.3 (76.3-76.4)29 (29-29)61.5 (59.3-63.3)30 (30-32)66.0 (63.6-67.9)30 (29-32)
Portugal74.3 (74.2-74.4)24 (24-24)79.4 (79.2-79.5)23 (22-24)64.3 (62.2-66.2)24 (20-27)68.6 (66.2-70.6)22 (12-28)
Slovakia71.0 (70.8-71.1)30 (30-31)75.4 (75.2-75.5)32 (31-33)61.4 (59.5-63.0)31 (30-32)65.5 (63.6-67.3)32 (30-32)
Slovenia73.1 (72.9-73.2)25 (25-26)79.3 (79.1-79.5)24 (22-24)63.4 (61.4-65.0)27 (24-29)68.4 (66.2-70.4)25 (16-27)
South Korea72.1 (71.6-72.6)27 (27-28)79.7 (79.6-79.8)20 (19-22)63.8 (62.1-65.4)25 (23-27)70.3 (68.4-72.0)7 (3-12)
Spain76.9 (76.9-77.0)10 (8-11)81.4 (81.2-81.5)7 (4-7)67.5 (65.7-69.1)3 (2-6)71.0 (69.1-72.7)2 (2-4)
Sweden77.6 (77.5-77.7)2 (2-4)81.4 (81.3-81.5)6 (4-7)67.1 (65.2-68.9)6 (3-11)70.1 (67.9-72.1)8 (4-13)
Switzerland77.5 (77.4-77.7)4 (2-4)82.2 (82.0-82.3)3 (2-3)67.5 (65.5-69.3)4 (2-7)70.9 (68.9-72.9)3 (2-7)
Turkey67.1 (66.1-68.1)34 (34-34)74.4 (72.8-75.7)33 (31-34)57.7 (55.8-59.4)34 (34-34)64.0 (61.7-66.2)34 (33-34)
United Kingdom75.7 (75.6-75.7)16 (15-16)79.9 (79.9-80.0)19 (17-19)65.5 (63.6-67.3)17 (14-22)68.8 (66.7-70.7)20 (16-24)