In France, recalls the Drees (Directorate of Studies and Statistics of the Social Ministries), “life expectancy at birth is increasing regularly but these years are not all necessarily lived in good health”. This is why this department has published an indicator since 2018 that measures life expectancy in good health.
This disability-free life expectancy has increased since 2008, by two years and 8 months for men and 2 years and 7 months for women, underlines the DREES.
Among the years remaining to be lived at age 65, the proportion of those that will be lived without disability rose from 47.7% to 59.3% between 2008 and 2021 for men. For women, it went from 44.7% to 54.4%.
