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Table 4 Life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), and lost healthy years (LHY) by age, sex, and Brazilian region, 2013

From: Inequalities in healthy life expectancy by Brazilian geographic regions: findings from the National Health Survey, 2013

Region

M

F

T

LE

HLE

LHY

LE

HLE

LHY

LE

HLE

LHY

At 20 years of age

 North

50.9

46.3

4.6

57.3

50.9

6.4

53.9

48.5

5.4

 Northeast

50.7

46.3

4.4

58.4

51.3

7.1

54.5

48.7

5.8

 Southeast

54.8

52.5

2.4

61.1

57.2

3.9

58.0

54.9

3.2

 South

55.0

52.1

2.9

61.4

56.1

5.4

58.2

54.1

4.2

 Center-West

53.4

49.7

3.6

59.6

54.6

4.9

56.4

52.1

4.3

 Brazil

53.3

49.5

3.8

60.1

54.9

5.2

56.7

52.4

4.2

At 40 years of age

 North

34.3

29.7

4.6

38.6

32.8

5.9

36.3

31.2

5.1

 Northeast

34.1

30.0

4.1

39.5

33.0

6.5

36.9

31.5

5.3

 Southeast

36.7

34.6

2.1

41.8

38.3

3.5

39.3

36.5

2.8

 South

36.9

34.0

2.9

42.1

37.2

4.9

39.6

35.6

3.9

 Center-West

53.4

49.7

3.6

40.5

35.9

4.6

38.2

34.1

4.1

 Brazil

35.8

32.3

3.5

41.0

36.3

4.7

38.5

34.6

3.9

At 60 years of age

 North

18.7

15.3

3.4

21.6

18.0

3.6

20.1

16.7

3.4

 Northeast

18.9

16.1

2.7

22.4

17.9

4.4

20.7

17.0

3.7

 Southeast

20.4

18.8

1.7

24.1

21.6

2.4

22.4

20.3

2.1

 South

20.4

18.2

2.2

24.2

20.6

3.5

22.4

19.5

2.9

 Center-West

19.8

16.9

2.9

22.8

19.6

3.3

21.3

18.2

3.1

 Brazil

19.9

17.3

2.5

23.4

20.2

3.2

21.7

18.9

2.8

  1. Sources: Life expectancy provided by IBGE [31]; HLE derived from Sullivan’s method using poor self-assessment of health to establish unhealthy state based on PNS data
  2. M male, F female, T total