Table 4. Age-Standardized Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) at Birth for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Countries in 1990 and 2010, Both Sexes Combined, With 95% Uncertainty Intervals.
| Country | Life Expectancy at Birth, y | HALE at Birth, y | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2010 | 1990 | 2010 | |||||
| Estimate | Rank | Estimate | Rank | Estimate | Rank | Estimate | Rank | |
| United States | 75.2 (75.2-75.2) | 20 (19-21) | 78.2 (78.2-78.3) | 27 (27-27) | 65.8 (64.0-67.4) | 14 (12-19) | 68.1 (66.3-69.8) | 26 (21-27) |
| Australia | 76.9 (76.8-76.9) | 11 (9-12) | 81.5 (81.4-81.6) | 4 (4-6) | 66.6 (64.7-68.4) | 9 (6-12) | 70.4 (68.2-72.3) | 5 (4-9) |
| Austria | 75.7 (75.6-75.8) | 15 (15-16) | 80.6 (80.5-80.7) | 13 (11-14) | 65.8 (63.6-67.6) | 15 (8-23) | 69.2 (66.8-71.3) | 15 (8-26) |
| Belgium | 75.9 (75.8-76.0) | 14 (14-14) | 79.5 (79.3-79.8) | 22 (20-24) | 65.8 (63.8-67.6) | 13 (12-20) | 68.7 (66.7-70.6) | 21 (15-25) |
| Canada | 77.2 (77.1-77.3) | 5 (5-5) | 80.6 (80.4-80.8) | 12 (10-14) | 67.1 (65.2-68.8) | 5 (2-9) | 69.7 (67.8-71.6) | 10 (7-16) |
| Chile | 72.9 (72.8-73.0) | 26 (25-26) | 78.5 (78.3-78.8) | 26 (26-26) | 63.4 (61.5-65.1) | 26 (24-28) | 68.6 (66.7-70.4) | 23 (14-27) |
| Czech Republic | 71.6 (71.5-71.7) | 28 (28-29) | 77.5 (77.4-77.6) | 28 (28-28) | 62.6 (60.8-64.3) | 29 (27-29) | 67.4 (65.5-69.3) | 28 (26-29) |
| Denmark | 75.2 (75.0-75.3) | 21 (19-22) | 78.9 (78.8-79.1) | 25 (25-25) | 65.2 (63.2-67.0) | 23 (15-24) | 67.9 (65.8-69.8) | 27 (23-28) |
| Estonia | 69.8 (69.5-70.1) | 32 (32-32) | 75.9 (75.6-76.2) | 30 (30-30) | 61.1 (59.3-62.6) | 32 (30-33) | 65.8 (64.0-67.5) | 31 (30-32) |
| Finland | 75.1 (75.0-75.2) | 22 (20-22) | 80.1 (79.9-80.2) | 17 (15-18) | 65.3 (63.4-67.0) | 20 (15-23) | 69.0 (67.0-70.9) | 16 (13-23) |
| France | 77.1 (77.0-77.1) | 6 (6-7) | 80.9 (80.7-81.1) | 9 (8-11) | 66.6 (64.6-68.4) | 11 (6-12) | 69.7 (67.6-71.6) | 11 (8-16) |
| Germany | 75.4 (75.3-75.4) | 17 (17-19) | 80.2 (80.1-80.4) | 15 (15-17) | 65.4 (63.5-67.1) | 18 (15-22) | 69.3 (67.3-71.1) | 13 (11-19) |
| Greece | 76.9 (76.8-77.0) | 9 (7-11) | 79.6 (79.4-79.8) | 21 (20-23) | 66.7 (64.7-68.7) | 8 (4-13) | 69.0 (66.9-70.8) | 17 (11-24) |
| Hungary | 69.4 (69.3-69.5) | 33 (33-33) | 74.5 (74.4-74.6) | 34 (33-34) | 60.3 (58.5-61.9) | 33 (32-33) | 64.3 (62.3-66.1) | 33 (33-34) |
| Iceland | 77.6 (77.3-78.0) | 3 (2-4) | 82.2 (81.7-82.6) | 2 (2-3) | 67.5 (65.6-69.4) | 2 (2-8) | 70.7 (68.5-72.7) | 4 (2-10) |
| Ireland | 74.8 (74.7-75.0) | 23 (23-23) | 79.9 (79.7-80.1) | 18 (16-20) | 65.2 (63.1-67.0) | 22 (13-24) | 69.0 (66.6-71.0) | 18 (9-27) |
| Israel | 76.4 (76.3-76.5) | 13 (13-13) | 81.1 (81.0-81.3) | 8 (8-9) | 66.3 (64.4-68.1) | 12 (8-14) | 69.9 (67.8-71.9) | 9 (6-14) |
| Italy | 77.0 (76.9-77.0) | 8 (7-10) | 81.5 (81.3-81.6) | 5 (4-7) | 66.8 (64.8-68.6) | 7 (5-12) | 70.3 (68.3-72.2) | 6 (4-9) |
| Japan | 79.1 (79.1-79.1) | 1 (1-1) | 82.6 (82.6-82.7) | 1 (1-1) | 69.9 (68.0-71.5) | 1 (1-1) | 73.0 (71.2-74.7) | 1 (1-1) |
| Luxembourg | 75.3 (75.0-75.6) | 18 (17-22) | 80.2 (79.8-80.5) | 16 (14-19) | 65.2 (63.0-67.2) | 19 (13-25) | 68.7 (66.2-70.8) | 19 (10-28) |
| Mexico | 71.5 (71.2-71.9) | 29 (28-29) | 75.5 (75.2-75.7) | 31 (31-33) | 62.9 (61.1-64.4) | 28 (26-29) | 66.9 (65.2-68.4) | 29 (28-30) |
| Netherlands | 77.0 (76.9-77.1) | 7 (6-8) | 80.6 (80.5-80.7) | 14 (11-14) | 66.6 (64.7-68.3) | 10 (6-12) | 69.3 (67.3-71.1) | 14 (11-21) |
| New Zealand | 75.3 (75.2-75.4) | 19 (17-21) | 80.7 (80.5-80.9) | 11 (10-14) | 65.3 (63.4-67.0) | 21 (15-23) | 69.6 (67.5-71.6) | 12 (8-16) |
| Norway | 76.8 (76.7-76.9) | 12 (11-12) | 80.8 (80.7-81.0) | 10 (9-12) | 65.5 (63.5-67.5) | 16 (13-23) | 68.6 (66.4-70.6) | 24 (16-26) |
| Poland | 70.9 (70.8-70.9) | 31 (30-31) | 76.3 (76.3-76.4) | 29 (29-29) | 61.5 (59.3-63.3) | 30 (30-32) | 66.0 (63.6-67.9) | 30 (29-32) |
| Portugal | 74.3 (74.2-74.4) | 24 (24-24) | 79.4 (79.2-79.5) | 23 (22-24) | 64.3 (62.2-66.2) | 24 (20-27) | 68.6 (66.2-70.6) | 22 (12-28) |
| Slovakia | 71.0 (70.8-71.1) | 30 (30-31) | 75.4 (75.2-75.5) | 32 (31-33) | 61.4 (59.5-63.0) | 31 (30-32) | 65.5 (63.6-67.3) | 32 (30-32) |
| Slovenia | 73.1 (72.9-73.2) | 25 (25-26) | 79.3 (79.1-79.5) | 24 (22-24) | 63.4 (61.4-65.0) | 27 (24-29) | 68.4 (66.2-70.4) | 25 (16-27) |
| South Korea | 72.1 (71.6-72.6) | 27 (27-28) | 79.7 (79.6-79.8) | 20 (19-22) | 63.8 (62.1-65.4) | 25 (23-27) | 70.3 (68.4-72.0) | 7 (3-12) |
| Spain | 76.9 (76.9-77.0) | 10 (8-11) | 81.4 (81.2-81.5) | 7 (4-7) | 67.5 (65.7-69.1) | 3 (2-6) | 71.0 (69.1-72.7) | 2 (2-4) |
| Sweden | 77.6 (77.5-77.7) | 2 (2-4) | 81.4 (81.3-81.5) | 6 (4-7) | 67.1 (65.2-68.9) | 6 (3-11) | 70.1 (67.9-72.1) | 8 (4-13) |
| Switzerland | 77.5 (77.4-77.7) | 4 (2-4) | 82.2 (82.0-82.3) | 3 (2-3) | 67.5 (65.5-69.3) | 4 (2-7) | 70.9 (68.9-72.9) | 3 (2-7) |
| Turkey | 67.1 (66.1-68.1) | 34 (34-34) | 74.4 (72.8-75.7) | 33 (31-34) | 57.7 (55.8-59.4) | 34 (34-34) | 64.0 (61.7-66.2) | 34 (33-34) |
| United Kingdom | 75.7 (75.6-75.7) | 16 (15-16) | 79.9 (79.9-80.0) | 19 (17-19) | 65.5 (63.6-67.3) | 17 (14-22) | 68.8 (66.7-70.7) | 20 (16-24) |