Life expectancy and healthy life years at birth in EU-27, Iceland and Norway in 2007, by gender

Healthy life years (HLY) at birth — the number of years a person at birth is expected to live in a healthy condition. Life expectancy (LE) at birth — the number of years a newborn child is expected to live, assuming that the age-specific mortality levels remain constant.

Data coverage: no HLY data for Bulgaria, Switzerland, Croatia, Liechtenstein, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Time coverage: 2006 data used for LE for Italy and EU-27.