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. 2012 May 22;58(1):143–155. doi: 10.1007/s00038-012-0361-1

Table 1.

Healthy (HLY), unhealthy life years (ULY), Life Expectancy (LE) and the  % of remaining life in good health (%HLY) at age 15 in European Member States and in the European Union (EU-25), 2006

Country Males Females
HLY ULY LE %HLY/LE HLY ULY LE %HLY/LE
Austria 44.23 (43.52; 44.84) 18.24 (17.63; 18.96) 62.48 (62.35; 62.61) 70.8 (69.66; 71.76) 46.48 (45.81; 47.20) 21.51 (20.79; 22.20) 67.99 (67.88; 68.11) 68.36 (67.36; 69.43)
Belgium 48.55 (47.90; 49.29) 13.40 (12.65; 14.07) 61.96 (61.84; 62.06) 78.37 (77.29; 79.58) 48.67 (47.83; 49.44) 18.84 (18.05; 19.64) 67.50 (67.40; 67.60) 72.10 (70.91; 73.27)
Cyprus 49.95 (49.13; 50.82) 14.04 (13.18; 14.85) 63.99 (63.58; 64.37) 78.05 (76.82; 79.37) 48.59 (47.80; 49.45) 18.87 (18.01; 19.73) 67.47 (67.10; 67.84) 72.03 (70.81; 73.24)
Czech Republic 43.71 (43.09; 44.28) 15.09 (14.53; 15.72) 58.8 (58.70; 58.91) 74.34 (73.27; 75.30) 45.68 (45.06; 46.27) 19.41 (18.80; 20.05) 65.10 (65.00; 65.19) 70.18 (69.20; 71.10)
Denmark 53.40 (52.60; 54.13) 8.03 (7.29; 8.80) 61.43 (61.28; 61.57) 86.93 (85.67; 88.12) 52.95 (52.02; 53.92) 13.03 (12.05; 14.00) 65.98 (65.85; 66.12) 80.25 (78.81; 81.72)
Estonia 35.69 (35.06; 36.27) 17.28 (16.69; 17.88) 52.96 (52.65; 53.29) 67.38 (66.26; 68.45) 39.87 (39.26; 40.51) 24.00 (23.33; 24.61) 63.86 (63.60; 64.12) 62.42 (61.49; 63.43)
Finland 39.21 (38.36; 40.03) 21.06 (20.24; 21.92) 60.27 (60.14; 60.42) 65.06 (63.64; 66.42) 39.52 (38.55; 40.45) 28.69 (27.79; 29.63) 68.21 (68.08; ; 68.37) 57.94 (56.53; 59.29)
France 48.55 (48.03; 49.02) 14.12 (13.64; 14.63) 62.67 (62.62; 62.71) 77.47 (76.65; 78.23) 49.79 (49.24; 50.38) 19.82 (19.23; 20.38) 69.61 (69.56; 69.66) 71.52 (70.72; 72.38)
Germany 44.18 (43.66; 44.66) 18.28 (17.78; 18.80) 62.45 (62.41; 62.50) 70.74 (69.90; 71.52) 43.94 (43.44; 44.52) 23.70 (23.13; 24.21) 67.64 (67.61; 67.68) 64.96 (64.20; 65.80)
Greece 51.76 (51.21; 52.30) 10.69 (10.15; 11.23) 62.45 (62.35; 62.56) 82.88 (82.02; 83.74) 53.43 (52.82; 54.06) 13.80 (13.17; 14.39) 67.23 (67.14; 67.32) 79.48 (78.60; 80.40)
Hungary 40.11 (39.62; 40.59) 14.67 (14.19; 15.15) 54.77 (54.67; 54.88) 73.22 (72.34; 74.09) 42.71 (42.23; 43.19) 20.49 (20.01; 20.98) 63.20 (63.10; 63.31) 67.58 (66.82; 68.33)
Ireland 48.97 (48.34; 49.60) 13.81 (13.19; 14.45) 62.78 (62.61; 62.95) 78.00 (76.98; 79.00) 50.45 (49.77; 51.13) 16.96 (16.24; 17.66) 67.41 (67.22; 67.59) 74.84 (73.82; 75.88)
Italy 50.18 (49.85; 50.49) 13.59 (13.27; 13.91) 63.77 (63.72; 63.81) 78.69 (78.17; 79.19) 49.74 (49.38; 50.07) 19.55 (19.25; 19.91) 69.29 (69.25; 69.33) 71.78 (71.26; 72.24)
Latvia 36.71 (36.08; 37.41) 14.53 (13.86; 15.19) 51.25 (51.00; 51.48) 71.64 (70.42; 72.93) 38.63 (37.92; 39.36) 23.42 (22.71; 24.13) 62.06 (61.85; 62.26) 62.26 (61.16; 63.41)
Lithuania 38.48 (37.88; 39.08) 12.54 (11.93; 13.12) 51.01 (50.82; 51.22) 75.42 (74.29; 76.59) 42.15 (41.53; 42.80) 20.51 (19.83; 21.13) 62.66 (62.49; 62.84) 67.26 (66.27; 68.33)
Luxembourg 46.78 (45.83; 47.70) 15.14 (14.26; 16.17) 61.92 (61.39; 62.47) 75.55 (74.04; 76.95) 47.55 (46.43; 48.63) 19.41 (18.34; 20.53) 66.95 (66.46; 67.47) 71.01 (69.37; 72.60)
Malta 53.49 (52.69; 54.29) 8.81 (8.12; 9.53) 62.30 (61.81; 62.86) 85.87 (84.74; 86.96) 54.5 (53.70; 55.29) 12.63 (11.85; 13.43) 67.13 (66.67; 67.62) 81.18 (80.08; 82.32)
Netherlands 50.90 (50.06; 51.69) 12.19 (11.40; 13.02) 63.09 (63.01; 63.17) 80.68 (79.37; 81.93) 48.91 (48.03; 49.73) 18.41 (17.58; 19.29) 67.32 (67.25; 67.40) 72.66 (71.34; 73.89)
Poland 44.09 (43.74; 44.43) 12.39 (12.06; 12.74) 56.48 (56.41; 56.54) 78.06 (77.45; 78.64) 48.33 (47.97; 48.73) 16.74 (16.34; 17.11) 65.07 (65.01; 65.12) 74.28 (73.71; 74.89)
Portugal 45.21 (44.59; 45.86) 15.71 (15.04; 16.31) 60.92 (60.81; 61.02) 74.21 (73.25; 75.30) 43.24 (42.49; 43.99) 24.26 (23.48; 24.99) 67.49 (67.40; 67.60) 64.06 (62.96; 65.19)
Slovakia 40.49 (39.90; 41.07) 15.58 (15.03; 16.20) 56.08 (55.92; 56.23) 72.21 (71.13; 73.22) 40.48 (39.84; 41.08) 23.43 (22.82; 24.06) 63.91 (63.78; 64.06) 63.34 (62.34; 64.27)
Slovenia 43.68 (42.88; 44.47) 15.95 (15.18; 16.77) 59.63 (59.39; 59.88) 73.25 (71.94; 74.53) 47.35 (46.49; 48.19) 19.77 (18.91; 20.61) 67.11 (66.89; 67.35) 70.55 (69.28; 71.79)
Spain 49.38 (48.97; 49.79) 13.67 (13.26; 14.07) 63.05 (62.99; 63.10) 78.32 (77.68; 78.98) 48.98 (48.46; 49.50) 20.67 (20.15; 21.17) 69.65 (69.59; 69.70) 70.33 (69.60; 71.08)
Sweden 52.58 (51.73; 53.44) 11.48 (10.61; 12.33) 64.06 (63.95; 64.17) 82.08 (80.75; 83.45) 52.93 (51.97; 53.90) 15.30 (14.35; 16.27) 68.23 (68.13; 68.34) 77.57 (76.17; 78.97)
United Kingdom 50.71 (50.20; 51.19) 12.07 (11.61; 12.58) 62.78 (62.73; 62.83) 80.77 (79.98; 81.52) 50.80 (50.19; 51.38) 16.27 (15.70; 16.87) 67.07 (67.03; 67.12) 75.74 (74.85; 76.60)
EU-25 47.36 (47.25; 47.48) 14.30 (14.18; 14.42) 61.66 (61.65; 61.68) 76.81 (76.62; 77.00) 47.91 (47.79; 48.05) 19.76 (19.63; 19.88) 67.67 (67.66; 67.69) 70.70 (70.62; 71.00)

HLY and ULY are estimated using the Sullivan method; member states gender and age-specific mortality and morbidity (SILC 2006) data. Values in parentheses are 95 % confidence interval