In Europe, women (average 62.8 years in good health) outlive men (62.4 years) by an average of 5.5 years, and despite living longer overall, this figure shows that men spend more time in good health than men (62.4 years). It is clear that there is a tendency for a large proportion of the time to be spent.
One of the more surprising findings is that Danish women have the shortest healthy life expectancy in the EU, living in good health for just 54.6 years. This was followed by Latvian women (55.4), Dutch women (56.3), and Finnish women (56.5). Despite Denmark and the Netherlands boasting highly rated health systems, women in these countries still have some of the lowest health years in the EU.
“This problem has a lot to do with lifestyle choices, especially smoking,” Martin McKee, a public health expert at the World Health Organization’s European Health Systems and Policy Observatory, told Polish News Agency (PAP). Ta.
Mackie explained that although health systems in countries such as Denmark, the Netherlands and Finland are considered to be excellent, bad habits such as smoking and drinking persist for many years among women.
He also noted that Denmark and the Netherlands have traditionally taken a liberal approach to public health policy, which has hindered efforts to effectively confront the tobacco industry. “For years, politicians in both countries have had strong ties to the tobacco industry, which has prevented significant change,” McKee said.
In contrast, Poland ranks near the middle in terms of healthy life expectancy. Polish women are ranked 18th, with an average of 64.1 years of age and living in good health, ahead of countries such as Germany, Belgium and the Czech Republic. Polish men have an average healthy life expectancy of 60.2 years, ranking slightly lower at 13th place.
McKee also pointed out that southern European countries tend to live longer, healthier lives thanks to a Mediterranean diet. Malta has the highest healthy life expectancy, with women living an average of 70.3 years in good health, but men living just two months less. Bulgarians, Slovenes and Italians also rank highly.
Mr Mackie warned that the Eurostat data would have serious implications for the future of the EU economy. He said, “The decline in healthy life expectancy to around 55 years means that many people are no longer able to work.If people in their 50s and 60s are too unhealthy to work, their productivity will be significantly reduced.” “This will lead to a decline.”
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Source: PAP
