Healthy Life Expectancy and How It's Calculated

Individual countries often break down HALE into regions, states, and communities.

HALE data is often also separated out by gender and race.

These can include things like smoking status, hypertension, and diabetes.

Will COVID-19 Impact HALE?

It is too soon to determine how the global pandemic ofCOVID-19will impact health-adjusted life expectancy across the globe.

A Word From Verywell

Health-adjusted life expectancy estimates are used to make predictions about specific populations.

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