It was found that the "healthy life expectancy", which indicates the period of healthy life, was 75.38 years for females and 72.68 years for males, both of which were the longest in history.
"Healthy life expectancy" is the period during which you can live a healthy social life without receiving long-term care. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare extracts and surveys about 200,000 households nationwide every three years and publishes estimated values. ..
According to this, healthy life expectancy was 75.38 years for females and 72.68 years for males at the time of adulthood, which was 0.59 years longer for females and 0.54 years longer for males compared to the previous three years.
Compared to 2001, when the estimation was started, females are 2.73 years old and males are 3.28 years old, and both men and women continue to set the longest record.
By prefecture, the longest healthy life expectancy was 77.58 years for females in Mie prefecture and 73.72 years for males in Oita prefecture.
On the other hand, the shortest was 73.68 years old for females in Kyoto prefecture and 71.39 years old for males in Iwate prefecture.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "The number of people who need long-term care due to stroke etc. is decreasing, and the increase in social participation of the elderly may also have an effect. I want to do it. "