At 65, a man can expect to live another 11.3 years without being limited in the activities of daily life, and a woman 12.6 years, according to statistics published Thursday by the DREES from 2021 data.
In France, life expectancy at birth increases regularly but these years are not all necessarily lived healthy, recalls the DREES (Direction of studies and statistics of social ministers). This is why this department has published an indicator since 2018 that measures healthy life expectancy.
This disability-free life expectancy has increased since 2008, by 2 years and 8 months for men and 2 years and 7 months for women, underlines the DREES.
European Union: France in 10th place
From years remaining to live 65 yearsthe part of those who will live without disability increased from 47.7% to 59.3% between 2008 and 2021 for men. For the womenshe passed from 44.7% 54.4%.
In 2020, the most recent year for which these data are available for all European countries, France ranked tenth among the countries of the European Union with 27 members, with a level above the European average (+ 8 months ). For women, France ranks fifth, above the European average (+1 year and 8 months).
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