At 65, how many more years can you expect to live “in good health”: what a study by the Ministry of Health reveals

At 65, women can expect to live another 12 years without disability, that is, without being limited in daily life activities, and men 10.5 years, according to a study by the Ministry of Health published this Tuesday, December 31, 2024.

This indicator corresponds to the number of years that a person can hope to live without being limited by a health problem.

“Life expectancy is increasing regularly, but these additional years of life are not necessarily all lived in good health”, underlines the Statistical Directorate of Social Ministries (Drees).

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Life expectancy without disability at age 65 has increased since 2008 by one year and eleven months for women, and by one year and ten months for men, details the Drees.

Over this period, life expectancy without disability at age 65 has increased faster than life expectancy. life.

And at the European level ?

Among the years remaining to live at age 65, the share of those that will be lived without disability increased, between 2008 and 2023, from 44.7% to 50.8% for women, and from 47.7% to 52.9% for men, according to the Drees.

In 2022, France was the fifth country in the European Union for life expectancy without disability for women at age 65, two years and six months higher than the European average.

For men, France is ranked seventh EU ranking, above the European average but with a smaller gap (+ one year and four months).