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
Country Life Expectancy at Birth, y HALE at Birth, y 1990 2010 1990 2010 Estimate Rank Estimate Rank Estimate Rank Estimate Rank United States 75.2 (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) Australia 76.9 (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) Austria 75.7 (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) Belgium 75.9 (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) Canada 77.2 (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) Chile 72.9 (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 Republic 71.6 (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) Denmark 75.2 (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) Estonia 69.8 (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) Finland 75.1 (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) France 77.1 (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) Germany 75.4 (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) Greece 76.9 (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) Hungary 69.4 (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) Iceland 77.6 (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) Ireland 74.8 (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) Israel 76.4 (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) Italy 77.0 (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) Japan 79.1 (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) Luxembourg 75.3 (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) Mexico 71.5 (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) Netherlands 77.0 (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 Zealand 75.3 (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) Norway 76.8 (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) Poland 70.9 (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) Portugal 74.3 (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) Slovakia 71.0 (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) Slovenia 73.1 (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 Korea 72.1 (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) Spain 76.9 (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) Sweden 77.6 (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) Switzerland 77.5 (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) Turkey 67.1 (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 Kingdom 75.7 (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)