At the age of 65, women can expect to live 11.8 years without disability, that is, without being limited in daily life, and men 10.2 years, according to a study by the Department of Studies and Statistics of the Social Ministry (Drees). Friday, December 22.
in France,Life expectancy at birth is steadily increasing, even if it has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and has not yet returned to its 2019 value, before the pandemic.“, – emphasizes the department of studies and statistics of social ministries.
The study says “very complex developmentsDue to the “Covid-19” epidemic. After stagnating in 2020, disability-free life expectancy rises sharply in 2021.decrease in 2022 and return to a level close to 2020,” according to Dries.
Progress since 2008
“But these extra years of life aren’t necessarily lived in “good health.”,” adds Drees, who therefore annually publishes an index measuring healthy life expectancy. This disability-free life expectancy at age 65 has increased by one year and nine months for women and by one year and six months for men since 2008, Drees details.
In 2021, the most recent year for which this data is available for all European countries, France was 27th in the European Union for disability-free life expectancy at age 65 for men, above the European average (+1). year 10 months). For women, France is in third place, again above the European average (+2 years 8 months).
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Source: Le Figaro
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