Table 11. Disability-free and total life expectancy in selected OECD countries
       Years
                           Life expectancyDisability-freeLife expectancyDisability-free life expectancy
                                Males                        Females
                           Moderate disability-free life expectancy 1
Australia              1981           13.9            7.9           18.1           10.1
                       1993           15.7            6.5           19.5            9.1
Canada                 1986           14.9            8.5           19.2            9.4
                       1991           15.6            8.3           19.7            9.2
France                 1981           14.1            8.8           18.3            9.8
                       1991           15.7           10.1           20.1           12.1
Netherlands            1983           14.0            8.0           18.6            7.4
                       1990           14.4            9.0           19.0            8.0
United States          1980           14.2            6.8           18.4            9.3
                       1990           15.1            7.4           18.9            9.8
New Zealand            1981           13.3            9.9           17.1           10.5
                       1993           14.8           10.0           18.4           10.2
Germany                1986           13.8           10.6           17.6           13.0
                       1995           14.9           12.2           18.7           14.9
                   Severe disability-free life expectancy 1
Australia              1981           13.9           11.9           18.1           13.8
                       1993           15.7           13.4           19.5           14.8
Canada                 1986           14.9           12.8           19.2           14.9
                       1991           15.6           13.3           19.7           15.4
France                 1981           14.1           13.1           18.3           16.5
                       1991
Japan                  1980           14.6           13.2           17.7           15.8
                       1990
United Kingdom         1980           12.9           11.8           16.9           15.0
                       1991
Norway                 1975           14.0           13.3           17.2           16.1
                       1985           14.4           13.3           18.2           16.9
1. Health expectancy concepts are not yet totally harmonised. The "severe disability" measures are
    more comparable than those for "moderate disability".
Source:  OECD (1999), A Caring World:  The New Social Policy Agenda.