Editing Life expectancy (section)

==Healthy life expectancy==
To assess the quality of these additional years of life, 'healthy life expectancy' has been calculated for the last 30 years. Since 2001, the World Health Organization has published statistics called '''Healthy life expectancy''' ('''HALE'''), defined as the average number of years that a person can expect to live in "full health" excluding the years lived in less than full health due to disease and/or injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/data/gho/indicator-metadata-registry/imr-details/healthy-life-expectancy-(hale)-at-60-(years)|title=Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at 60 (years)|publisher=World Health Organization}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/indhale/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704092005/http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/indhale/en/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2012|title=Health Status Statistics: Mortality|publisher=World Health Organization}}</ref> Since 2004, [[Eurostat]] publishes annual statistics called [[Healthy Life Years]] (HLY) based on reported activity limitations. The United States uses similar indicators in the framework of the national health promotion and disease prevention plan "[[Healthy People 2010]]". More and more countries are using health expectancy indicators to monitor the health of their population.

[[File:HALE vs GDP.png|border|center|500x500px|Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) vs GDP per Capita in different countries]]

The long-standing [[Life extension|quest for longer life]] led in the 2010s to a more promising focus on increasing HALE, also known as a person's "healthspan". Besides the benefits of keeping people healthier longer, a goal is to reduce health-care expenses on the many diseases associated with [[cellular senescence]]. Approaches being explored include [[fasting]], [[exercise]], and [[senolytic]] drugs.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232270-100-anti-ageing-drugs-are-coming-that-could-keep-you-healthier-for-longer/|vauthors=Lawton G|title=Anti-ageing drugs are coming that could keep you healthier for longer|date=2019-04-24|website=[[New Scientist]]|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>