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The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) released its Life Tables for the period of 2016-2018 in Turkey today (September 25).
According to the figures shared by the Institute, the life expectancy at birth is 78.3 years for the total population in Turkey, 81 years for women and 75.6 years for men. Generally speaking, women live longer than men and the difference in life expectancy at birth is 5.4 years.
Some highlights from the Life Tables are as follows:
Life expectancy at the age of 15: 64.4 years
For 15 year olds in Turkey, namely the people at the minimum age to start working, the average remaining life expectancy is 64.4 years for total, 61.7 years for men and 67.1 years for women.
The average remaining life expectancy is 49.8 years for a person at the age of 30. This life-span is 47.3 years for men while it is 52.3 years for women. The difference between life expectancy at this age is 5 years.
* Life expectancy by sex and age, 2016-2018
Life expectancy at age of 50: 30.7 years
The average remaining life expectancy is 30.7 years for a person at the age of 50. This life-span is 28.4 years for men and 32.9 years for women.
For 65 year olds, the average remaining life-span is 17.9 years for total, 16.2 years for men and 19.4 years for women. That is, for 65 year olds, women are expected to live 3.2 years more than men on average.
Healthy life years at birth is 58.3 years
The indicator of "healthy life years", defined as the number of years of life at a certain age without health problems limiting their activities of daily living, has been calculated for the age zero as 58.3 years for the total population, 59.9 years for men and 56.8 years for women in Turkey.
Accordingly, it has been found that the healthy life years at birth of men are 3.1 years longer than those of women.
* Healthy life years at birth
What are life tables?
Life tables explain probabilities of mortality and duration of survival at any age of the population. They are also known as mortality tables.
The information included in the above news report was calculated by using annual population and mortality data for 2016-2018 period.
The "healthy life years" information for Turkey was calculated by using the data obtained from the question "Has there been a limitation in your daily activities for the last 6 months, due to at least one health problem?" based on the perception of the respondent of income and living conditions survey conducted by Turkish Statistical Institute and life table results. (HA/SD)
* Source: TurkStat
