Table 1.
Global and regional estimates of healthy lifespan inequality by sex in 2019. Healthy lifespan inequality measured as the standard deviation of the corresponding age-at-morbidity onset distribution (values between parenthesis denote 80% uncertainty intervals)
| Females | Males | Both sexes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global | 22.10 (17.61−26.54) | 21.65 (17.83−25.36) | 21.92 (17.79−25.80) |
| Central Europe, eastern Europe and central Asia | 18.83 (14.64−22.01) | 18.57 (15.28−21.35) | 18.97 (15.37−22.17) |
| Central Asia | 19.20 (15.17−22.91) | 18.87 (15.48−22.26) | 19.17 (15.46−22.69) |
| Central Europe | 17.70 (13.59−20.65) | 17.16 (13.51−19.82) | 17.60 (13.88−20.40) |
| Eastern Europe | 18.43 (14.43−21.32) | 18.25 (15.09−20.87) | 18.69 (15.24−21.31) |
| High-income countries | 19.35 (14.96−22.46) | 18.46 (14.63−21.52) | 18.95 (14.86−21.91) |
| Australasia | 19.15 (14.64−22.22) | 18.54 (14.40−21.75) | 18.87 (14.55−21.98) |
| High-income Asia Pacific | 18.55 (14.03−21.65) | 17.39 (13.68−20.56) | 18.05 (14.03−21.23) |
| High-income North America | 19.59 (15.27−22.59) | 18.99 (15.18−21.91) | 19.33 (15.22−22.34) |
| Southern Latin America | 19.21 (15.01−22.41) | 18.70 (15.01−21.96) | 19.04 (15.06−22.44) |
| Western Europe | 18.89 (14.47−22.03) | 17.72 (13.92−20.73) | 18.35 (14.27−21.45) |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 20.62 (16.13−24.36) | 20.87 (17.07−24.45) | 20.82 (16.68−24.45) |
| Andean Latin America | 20.50 (15.76−24.32) | 20.64 (16.08−24.70) | 20.59 (15.89−24.37) |
| Caribbean | 22.67 (18.26−26.77) | 22.50 (18.35−26.26) | 22.62 (18.47−26.63) |
| Central Latin America | 20.01 (15.57−23.26) | 20.51 (16.55−24.00) | 20.31 (16.18−23.88) |
| Tropical Latin America | 20.94 (16.52−24.95) | 21.16 (17.47−24.50) | 21.16 (17.14−25.01) |
| North Africa and Middle East | 20.32 (15.90−24.11) | 20.24 (16.18−24.08) | 20.28 (16.09−24.10) |
| South Asia | 21.78 (17.30−25.85) | 21.24 (17.08−25.09) | 21.50 (17.37−25.24) |
| Southeast Asia, east Asia and Oceania | 18.64 (14.10−22.16) | 18.57 (14.60−22.15) | 18.66 (14.53−22.10) |
| East Asia | 17.49 (12.97−20.63) | 17.33 (13.29−20.70) | 17.47 (13.41−20.59) |
| Oceania | 21.58 (17.19−25.53) | 21.42 (17.40−25.16) | 21.49 (17.29−25.43) |
| Southeast Asia | 19.69 (15.38−23.39) | 19.73 (15.95−23.34) | 19.79 (15.78−23.38) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.96 (20.39−27.47) | 23.76 (20.77−26.66) | 23.89 (20.71−27.12) |
| Central sub-Saharan Africa | 22.85 (18.83−26.67) | 22.44 (18.68−25.76) | 22.70 (18.91−26.54) |
| Eastern sub-Saharan Africa | 22.97 (19.26−26.56) | 22.70 (19.54−25.85) | 22.86 (19.41−26.11) |
| Southern sub-Saharan Africa | 22.52 (19.13−25.75) | 21.74 (19.02−24.43) | 22.24 (19.19−25.26) |
| Western sub-Saharan Africa | 25.10 (21.57−28.64) | 25.20 (22.05−28.18) | 25.16 (21.89−28.34) |