“Life expectancy is increasing regularly but these additional years of life are not all necessarily lived “in good health””, underlines the Statistical Directorate of Social Ministries (Drees).
Life expectancy without disability at age 65 has increased since 2008 by one year and eleven months for women, and by one year and ten months for men, details the Drees.
Over this period, disability-free life expectancy at age 65 increased faster than life expectancy.
At 65, women can expect to live another 12 years without disability, that is to say without being limited in the activities of daily life, and men 10.5 years, according to a study by the Ministry of Health published this Tuesday. This indicator corresponds to the number of years a person can expect to live without being limited by a health problem.
The French are well off
Among the years remaining to live at age 65, the share of those who will be lived without disability increased, between 2008 and 2023, from 44.7% to 50.8% for women, and from 47.7% to 52. 9% for men, indicates Drees.
In 2022, France was the fifth country in the European Union for disability-free life expectancy for women at age 65, two years and six months higher than the European average.
For men, France ranks seventh in the EU, above the European average but with a smaller gap (+ one year and four months).
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