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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2020 Jan 29;141(9):e120–e138. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000758

Figure 1. Increasing Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE).

Figure 1.

HALE is the number of years living in good health, accounting for years lived with disease or disability and years lost due to premature death. As shown, HALE can be increased through improving health and well-being, preventing or delaying onset and severity of disease, and increasing life expectancy.