The World Health Organization’s recently released Healthy Life Expectancy database indicates what number of years a newborn can expect to live a full, healthy life.
According to The Jakarta Post, Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth in Indonesia (HALE) has been rising steadily since 2000, but data from 2016 showed it was not adequate — no less than in comparison with the worldwide average.
It also shows that the typical HALE in Indonesia is 61.7 years, with women having an extended life expectancy of 63 years in comparison with men of 60.4 years. The global average for each sexes is 63.3 years — 64.8 years for ladies and 62 years for men.
Compared to neighboring Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia is ahead only of Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, and equal to the Philippines.
Singapore tops the HALE list within the region by a big margin. The average Singaporean born in 2016 can expect to live 76.2 years in full health, while the typical resident of Brunei Darussalam can expect 67.9 years.
The wealthy city state also ranks first on the earth, behind Japan (74.8 years), Spain (73.8 years), Switzerland (73.5 years) and France (73.4 years).
The bottom five include the Central African Republic, Lesotho, Chad, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire. In all these countries, the typical healthy life expectancy is lower than 50 years.
One of the report’s most significant findings is that newborns in China can now expect an extended healthy life at age 68.7, compared with newborns born within the United States at age 68.5, based on China each day. The margin is small, but WHO data shows that healthy life expectancy at birth within the U.S. has declined steadily since 2010.
To summarize, here is an extract of the typical age in each country within the region, based on the WHO rating:
Source : Jakarta Post Office & WHO official website
