Table 3.
Estimated gains in life expectancy by decreasing physical inactivity, according to WHO region
| WHO region and country | Gain in life expectancy (uncertainty interval),* years, if physical inactivity were eliminated |
|---|---|
| Africa | |
| Algeria | 0·79 (0·62–0·96) |
| Benin | 0·19 (0·15–0·24) |
| Botswana | 0·81 (0·64–0·99) |
| Burkina Faso | 0·31 (−0·01–0·66) |
| Cameroon | 0·85 (0·26–1·49) |
| Cape Verde | 0·46 (0·35–0·56) |
| Chad | 0·46 (0·03–0·93) |
| Comoros | 0·17 (−0·04–0·40) |
| Congo | 1·06 (0·35–1·87) |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 0·72 (0·16–1·37) |
| Dem· Rep· Congo | 0·89 (0·70–1·09) |
| Eritrea | 0·89 (0·70–1·08) |
| Ethiopia | 0·43 (0·02–0·89) |
| Gabon | 0·81 (0·15–1·55) |
| Gambia | 0·52 (0·41–0·63) |
| Ghana | 0·40 (0·32–0·49) |
| Guinea | 0·25 (−0·01–0·53) |
| Kenya | 0·37 (−0·02–0·79) |
| Madagascar | 0·52 (0·41–0·63) |
| Malawi | 0·21 (0·17–0·26) |
| Mali | 0·40 (0·14–0·81) |
| Mauritania | 0·95 (0·35–1·60) |
| Mauritius | 0·90 (0·22–1·62) |
| Mozambique | 0·14 (0·11–0·17) |
| Namibia | 1·45 (0·62–2·39) |
| Niger | 0·57 (0·45–0·69) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0·36 (0·28–0·44) |
| Senegal | 0·49 (0·04–0·97) |
| Seychelles | 0·51 (0·40–0·63) |
| Sierra Leone | 0·38 (0·30–0·46) |
| South Africa | 1·26 (0·99–1·53) |
| Swaziland | 1·56 (0·76–2·45) |
| Zambia | 0·36 (−0·02–0·77) |
| Zimbabwe | 0·56 (0·05–1·13) |
| Median for Region | 0·51 |
| Americas | |
| Central and South America | |
| Argentina | 1·39 (0·71–2·14) |
| Barbados | 0·91 (0·72–1·11) |
| Brazil | 1·08 (0·38–1·81) |
| Colombia | 0·82 (0·19–1·50) |
| Dominica | 0·51 (0·41–1·86) |
| Dominican Republic | 1·28 (0·41–1·87) |
| Ecuador | 0·80 (0·24–1·41) |
| Guatemala | 0·35 (−0·02–0·74) |
| Jamaica | 1·01 (0·36–1·74) |
| Mexico | 0·76 (0·18–1·40) |
| Paraguay | 0·85 (0·23–1·51) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0·77 (0·61–0·95) |
| Uruguay | 0·70 (0·55–0·85) |
| Median for Region | 0·82 |
| North America | |
| Canada | 0·55 (0·11–1·02) |
| United States | 0·78 (0·62–0·94) |
| Median for Region | 0·66 |
| Eastern Mediterranean | |
| Iran | 0·71 (0·57–0·87) |
| Iraq | 1·30 (1·03–1·59) |
| Kuwait | 1·12 (0·89–1·37) |
| Lebanon | 0·95 (0·75–1·16) |
| Libya | 0·93 (0·77–1·18) |
| Pakistan | 0·85 (0·25–1·52) |
| Saudi Arabia | 1·51 (1·19–1·84) |
| Tunisia | 0·64 (0·16–1·16) |
| United Arab Emirates | 1·11 (0·48–1·78) |
| Median for Region | 0·95 |
| Europe | |
| Austria | 0·58 (0·14–1·03) |
| Belgium | 0·73 (0·23–1·26) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0·62 (0·12–1·16) |
| Bulgaria | 0·58 (0·07–1·11) |
| Croatia | 0·45 (0·04–0·91) |
| Cyprus | 0·80 (0·33–1·33) |
| Czech Republic | 0·48 (0·06–0·92) |
| Denmark | 0·64 (0·15–1·19) |
| Estonia | 0·38 (−0·02–0·78) |
| Finland | 0·66 (0·17–1·17) |
| France | 0·55 (0·44–0·67) |
| Georgia | 0·52 (0·41–0·63) |
| Germany | 0·47 (0·06–0·92) |
| Greece | 0·23 (−0·01–0·49) |
| Hungary | 0·61 (0·06–1·18) |
| Ireland | 0·87 (0·36–1·42) |
| Italy | 0·80 (0·31–1·32) |
| Kazakhstan | 0·79 (0·14–1·50) |
| Latvia | 0·77 (0·12–1·46) |
| Lithuania | 0·53 (0·41–0·65) |
| Luxembourg | 0·83 (0·27–1·45) |
| Malta | 1·12 (0·56–1·71) |
| Netherlands | 0·29 (0·00–0·59) |
| Norway | 0·68 (0·20–1·18) |
| Poland | 0·60 (0·08–1·14) |
| Portugal | 0·86 (0·33–1·45) |
| Romania | 0·87 (0·21–1·58) |
| Russian Federation | 0·52 (0·02–1·05) |
| Serbia | 1·50 (1·02–2·33) |
| Slovakia | 0·46 (0·04–0·92) |
| Slovenia | 0·54 (0·08–1·05) |
| Spain | 0·78 (0·28–1·32) |
| Sweden | 0·67 (0·22–1·16) |
| Turkey | 1·06 (0·43–1·74) |
| Ukraine | 0·46 (0·00–0·97) |
| United Kingdom | 1·07 (0·85–1·29) |
| Median for Region | 0·63 |
| South-East Asian | |
| Bangladesh | 0·10 (0·08–0·12) |
| Bhutan | 1·15 (0·42–1·95) |
| India | 0·34 (0·27–0·41) |
| Indonesia | 0·65 (0·51–0·80) |
| Maldives | 0·75 (0·18–1·37) |
| Myanmar | 0·27 (0·22–0·33) |
| Nepal | 0·33 (−0·02–0·71) |
| Sri Lanka | 0·51 (0·40–0·61) |
| Thailand | 0·41 (0·32–0·49) |
| Median for Region | 0·41 |
| Western Pacific | |
| Australia | 0·56 (0·15–1·00) |
| Cambodia | 0·24 (0·19–0·29) |
| China | 0·61 (0·48–0·73) |
| Cook Islands | 1·57 (1·24–1·91) |
| Japan | 0·91 (0·40–1·46) |
| Kiribati | 1·27 (0·99–1·55) |
| Laos | 0·43 (−0·01–0·90) |
| Malaysia | 1·35 (1·06–1·65) |
| Marshall Islands | 1·33 (1·04–1·63) |
| Micronesia | 1·45 (1·14–1·77) |
| Mongolia | 0·24 (0·19–0·29) |
| Nauru | 1·21 (0·95–1·47) |
| New Zealand | 0·76 (0·61–0·93) |
| Papua New Guinea | 0·43 (0·34–0·52) |
| Philippines | 0·52 (0·03–1·04) |
| Samoa | 1·17 (0·92–1·42) |
| Solomon Islands | 0·90 (0·70–1·09) |
| Tonga | 1·03 (0·80–1·26) |
| Vietnam | 0·31 (−0·01–0·64) |
| Median for Region | 0·90 |
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| Overall Median | 0·68 |
*
The uncertainty interval was calculated based on the lower and upper bounds of the 95% uncertainty interval of the adjusted PAF for all-cause mortality.