At 65, women can expect to live another twelve years without disability, that is to say without being limited in the activities of daily life, and men ten and a half years, according to a study by the Ministry of Health published Tuesday December 31. This indicator corresponds to the number of years a person can expect to live without being limited by a health problem. “Life expectancy is increasing steadily, but these additional years of life are not necessarily lived “in good health””underlines the Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (Drees), service of ministries in the fields of health and social.
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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. 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, says Drees.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, disability-free life expectancies at age 65 experienced bumpy and significant changes: they remained stable in 2020 but increased sharply in 2021 before falling just as sharply in 2022, to regain a level close to that of 2020, notes the report.
In 2022, France was the fifth country in the European Union (EU) 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.
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