00:00For how many life years can EU citizens expect to live healthfully?
00:08In the EU, the number of healthy life years at birth in 2023 was 63.3 years for women and 62.8 years for men.
00:17Men in Malta, Italy and Sweden lived the longest healthy lives,
00:21while the lowest amount of healthy life years was found in Latvia, Estonia and Slovakia.
00:27Among women, Malta also recorded the highest number of healthy life years, followed by Bulgaria and Italy.
00:33By contrast, women report the smallest amount of healthy life years in Latvia, Denmark and Finland.
00:40Overall, life expectancy was 84 years for women and almost 79 years for men across the EU.
00:47This means that a significant portion of people's lives is spent with activity limitations.
00:52Men generally spend a greater share of their lives without activity limitations compared to women.
00:58The expected number of healthy life years at birth was higher for women than for men in 17 of the EU countries.
01:05Despite the difference between the sexes generally being small,
01:08women in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia had more than three years of a healthier life than men.
01:14On the other hand, the Netherlands is the only EU country where the gap in favor of men exceeds three years.
01:21These figures are subjective to a certain extent as they depend on respondents' perception of health
01:27as well as their social and cultural backgrounds.
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