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Healthy life expectancy (HALE)

Definition	Healthy life expectancy or health-adjusted life expectancy is based on life expectancy at birth but includes an adjustment for time spent in poor health. It is most easily understood as the equivalent number of years in full health that a newborn can expect to live based on current rates of ill-health and mortality.
Reference	World Health Organisation. The World Health Report 2002. Reducing Risks, Promoting Health Life. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 2002.
Ref. URL	http://www.who.int/whr/2002/en/
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Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Mortality

Healthy life expectancy (HALE) [Definition]
	AO	BR	BW	CD	DZ	GH	KE	LS	MG	MU	MW	MX	MZ	NA	NO	SZ	TH	TR	TZ	US	VE	ZA	ZM	ZW
2000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	[1] 43.0	-	-
2001	-	56.7	32.9	-	57.8	47.8	40.8	33.4	-	-	-	63.8	-	40.4	70.8	-	58.6	59.8	-	67.6	61.1	[2] 41.3	-	31.3
AO: Angola BR: Brazil BW: Botswana CD: Congo, Democratic Republic of DZ: Algeria GH: Ghana KE: Kenya LS: Lesotho MG: Madagascar MU: Mauritius MW: Malawi MX: Mexico MZ: Mozambique NA: Namibia NO: Norway SZ: Swaziland TH: Thailand TR: Turkey TZ: Tanzania US: United States of America VE: Venezuela ZA: South Africa ZM: Zambia ZW: Zimbabwe

World Health Report 2002: World Health Organisation. The World Health Report 2002. Reducing Risks, Promoting Health Life. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 2002. http://www.who.int/whr/2002/en/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/GlobalReports/WorldHealthReport_2002.pdf
World Health Report 2002: World Health Organisation. The World Health Report 2002. Reducing Risks, Promoting Health Life. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 2002. http://www.who.int/whr/2002/en/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/GlobalReports/WorldHealthReport_2002.pdf