Concepts

Healthy Life Expectancy

Also Known As HALE, health adjusted life expectancy

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Health and Wellness Atlas. "Healthy Life Expectancy." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://health.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/healthy-life-expectancy.

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Health and Wellness Atlas. (n.d.). Healthy Life Expectancy. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://health.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/healthy-life-expectancy

BibTeX

@misc{healthandwellnessatlas-healthy-life-expectancy,
  author = {Health and Wellness Atlas},
  title = {Healthy Life Expectancy},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://health.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/healthy-life-expectancy},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, adjusting ordinary life expectancy downward for years lived with disease or disability, tracked by the World Health Organization as HALE, health adjusted life expectancy.

Facts

First Described Yearthe subject's own account

2001 1

Concept Class

Public health, population statistics 2

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Life Expectancy

Source World Health Organization Official Site

In Branch

Public Health

Source World Health Organization Official Site

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Healthy Life Expectancy

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Quote, Lead section

Since 2001, the World Health Organization has published statistics called healthy life expectancy (HALE), defined as the average number of years that a person can expect to live in full health.

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2. World Health Organization Official Site

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