At retirement age, life expectancy rises steadily, but what about life expectancy without disability? A Drees study shows that healthy life expectancy in France is above the European average and has been increasing since 2008.
As the Drees notes in the preamble to its study published in October 2021:
disability-free life expectancy is the number of years a person can expect to live without being limited in their daily activities
. More than an idea of longevity, it is therefore a question of observing the probability of a healthy life beyond 65 years. The study was based on comprehensive mortality data supplemented by a question from a sample of 16,000 households (read more about Vie-publique.fr).
