(ANSA) – BRUSSELS, 26 SEPTEMBER – In 2022, the average number of healthy life years at birth in the EU was 62.6 years, 62.8 years for women and 62.4 years for men.
Life expectancy at birth, however, for women in the EU was 5.4 years longer than for men (83.3 years compared to 77.9 years), according to Eurostat. Healthy life years, free from activity limitations, account for 75% and 80% of total life expectancy for women and men, respectively. Therefore, on average, men tend to spend a larger share of their somewhat shorter lives free from activity limitations.
Among EU countries, Malta had the highest number of healthy life years at birth for women in 2022 (70.3 years), ahead of Bulgaria (68.9 years) and Slovenia (68.5 years). Italian women were in fourth place with a healthy life expectancy of 67.8 years.
In contrast, Denmark recorded the lowest number of healthy life years for women (54.6 years), followed by Latvia (55.4 years) and the Netherlands (56.3 years).
The highest number of healthy life years for men was also recorded in Malta (70.1), followed by Sweden (67.5) and Italy (67.1), while the lowest were found in Latvia (53.0 years), Slovakia (56.6 years) and Denmark (57.1 years). (ANSA).
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