Using local authority estimates has important implications for policy. We look at how these estimates are used in the indicators, as well as how they compare to other measures of geographical inequalities in healthy life expectancy.
Construction of the healthy life expectancy indicator
Taking a broader range of local authorities, rather than the extremes of highest and lowest, helps to account for outliers with potentially unique circumstances. For example, in 2017–19 a girl born in the Orkney Islands was expected to have 75.1 years of good health, compared to a girl born in Blackpool with a healthy life expectancy of…
MANILA — Most people dislike growing old because of the many physical changes that occur to the body brought about by aging. But did you know that there is an increasing number of individuals who look forward to older age, particularly getting older in a healthy way?
According to a 2018 Philippine nutrition survey conducted by Herbalife Nutrition, 97 percent of Filipinos agree that everyone can age healthily and that they can take positive steps towards healthy aging.
The survey also showed that 89 percent of those who agreed had already started with their personalized plans on living healthy at…