Table 1. Comparison of Total and Healthy Life Expectancies at Age 65 Years between Japan and the United States.

From: Epidemiologic Research on Healthy Life Expectancy and Proposal for Its Extension: A Revised English Version of Japanese in the Journal of the Japan Medical Association 2019;148(9):1781-4

[Men]
Total Healthy
life expectancy
Life-years with
ADL disability
% Healthy
life
Sendai 16.1 yr 14.7 yr 1.4 yr 91.3%
East Boston 11.9 yr 10.6 yr 1.3 yr 89.1%
Iowa 15.5 yr 12.3 yr 3.0 yr 80.0%
New Haven 12.6 yr 10.4 yr 1.2 yr 82.5%
 
[Women]
Total Healthy
life expectancy
Life-years with
ADL disability
% Healthy
life
Sendai 20.4 yr 17.7 yr 2.7 yr 86.8%
East Boston 16.3 yr 14.4 yr 1.9 yr 88.3%
Iowa 20.5 yr 16.7 yr 3.8 yr 81.5%
New Haven 19.1 yr 15.8 yr 3.3 yr 82.7%
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