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) |
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Total male and female | 0 year | Percentage/average | 2023 | 75.4 | 53.7 |
Total male and female | 0 year | Standard errors | 2023 | . | . |
Total male and female | 1 year | Percentage/average | 2023 | 75.2 | 53.4 |
Total male and female | 1 year | Standard errors | 2023 | . | . |
Total male and female | 5 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 71.2 | 49.4 |
Total male and female | 5 years | Standard errors | 2023 | . | . |
Total male and female | 10 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 66.3 | 44.4 |
Total male and female | 10 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Total male and female | 15 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 61.4 | 40.1 |
Total male and female | 15 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Total male and female | 20 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 56.6 | 36.5 |
Total male and female | 20 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Total male and female | 25 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 51.8 | 32.6 |
Total male and female | 25 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Total male and female | 30 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 47.1 | 28.9 |
Total male and female | 30 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Total male and female | 35 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 42.4 | 25.1 |
Total male and female | 35 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Total male and female | 40 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 37.7 | 21.4 |
Total male and female | 40 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Total male and female | 45 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 33.1 | 17.9 |
Total male and female | 45 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Total male and female | 50 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 28.7 | 15.0 |
Total male and female | 50 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Total male and female | 55 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 24.4 | 12.3 |
Total male and female | 55 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Total male and female | 60 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 20.3 | 9.5 |
Total male and female | 60 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Total male and female | 65 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 16.3 | 7.1 |
Total male and female | 65 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Total male and female | 70 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 12.6 | 5.0 |
Total male and female | 70 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Total male and female | 75 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 9.1 | 3.2 |
Total male and female | 75 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Total male and female | 80 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 5.8 | 1.7 |
Total male and female | 80 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Male | 0 year | Percentage/average | 2023 | 75.8 | 55.3 |
Male | 0 year | Standard errors | 2023 | . | . |
Male | 1 year | Percentage/average | 2023 | 75.6 | 55.0 |
Male | 1 year | Standard errors | 2023 | . | . |
Male | 5 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 71.7 | 51.0 |
Male | 5 years | Standard errors | 2023 | . | . |
Male | 10 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 66.7 | 46.0 |
Male | 10 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Male | 15 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 61.8 | 41.7 |
Male | 15 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Male | 20 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 57.0 | 37.7 |
Male | 20 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Male | 25 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 52.3 | 33.7 |
Male | 25 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Male | 30 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 47.6 | 29.8 |
Male | 30 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Male | 35 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 42.8 | 25.8 |
Male | 35 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Male | 40 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 38.2 | 21.9 |
Male | 40 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Male | 45 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 33.7 | 18.2 |
Male | 45 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Male | 50 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 29.3 | 15.2 |
Male | 50 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Male | 55 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 25.0 | 12.7 |
Male | 55 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Male | 60 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 20.9 | 9.9 |
Male | 60 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Male | 65 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 16.8 | 7.4 |
Male | 65 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Male | 70 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 13.1 | 5.3 |
Male | 70 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Male | 75 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 9.6 | 3.5 |
Male | 75 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Male | 80 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 6.3 | 2.1 |
Male | 80 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Female | 0 year | Percentage/average | 2023 | 75.1 | 51.5 |
Female | 0 year | Standard errors | 2023 | . | . |
Female | 1 year | Percentage/average | 2023 | 74.8 | 51.2 |
Female | 1 year | Standard errors | 2023 | . | . |
Female | 5 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 70.8 | 47.2 |
Female | 5 years | Standard errors | 2023 | . | . |
Female | 10 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 65.9 | 42.2 |
Female | 10 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Female | 15 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 60.9 | 38.6 |
Female | 15 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Female | 20 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 56.2 | 35.3 |
Female | 20 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Female | 25 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 51.4 | 31.4 |
Female | 25 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Female | 30 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 46.6 | 27.9 |
Female | 30 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Female | 35 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 42.0 | 24.3 |
Female | 35 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Female | 40 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 37.2 | 20.9 |
Female | 40 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Female | 45 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 32.7 | 17.7 |
Female | 45 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Female | 50 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 28.1 | 14.7 |
Female | 50 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Female | 55 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 23.9 | 11.9 |
Female | 55 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Female | 60 years | Percentage/average | 2023 | 19.8 | 9.2 |
Female | 60 years | Standard errors | 2023 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Source: CBS. |
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
-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 14 June 2024:
Figures on 2023 have been added
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 2025.
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.