Table 2.
Decomposition of the gender gap in Healthy Life Years (HLY), Unhealthy Life Years (ULY) and total life expectancy (LE) by effect, at age 15 for men and women
| Age 15 | EU15 | EU10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HLY | ULY | LE | HLY | ULY | LE | |
| Men | 48.4 | 14.6 | 62.9 | 42.7 | 13.6 | 56.3 |
| Women | 48.4 | 20.1 | 68.5 | 45.8 | 18.9 | 64.7 |
| Difference | ||||||
| Women–Men | 0.02 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 8.4 |
| Decomposition of difference | ||||||
| Mortality effect | 2.6 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 8.4 |
| Disability effect | −2.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | −0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Total | 0.02 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 8.4 |