In that same time frame, global life expectancy has increased 6.5 years, and yet health-adjusted life expectancy has only increased 5.4 years. In the US, the gap between lifespan and 'healthspan' is ...
This resulted in an average gap of 9.6 years between lifespan and healthspan, an increase of 13 percent since 2000. On a country-by-country basis, the US comes out on top for the gap between ...