Healthy Life Expectancy Rankings for Africa,
2001
World Health Organization Disability Adjusted
Life Expectancy (DALE)
Disability
Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE) summarizes the expected number of years
to be lived in what might be termed the equivalent of "full health."
To calculate
DALE, the years of ill-health are weighted according to severity and subtracted
from the expected overall life expectancy to give the equivalent years
of healthy life.
The
data is adapted from the WHO's Life Expectancy rankings for 191 countries
in the world. Only three African nations come in the top 100.
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Rank
|
WHO Member State
|
Life Expectancy
|
Total DALE
|
|
78
|
Mauritius
|
70
|
62.65
|
|
84
|
Algeria
|
69
|
61.61
|
|
90
|
Tunisia
|
69
|
61.38
|
|
107
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
|
75
|
59.32
|
|
108
|
Seychelles
|
70.4
|
59.29
|
|
110
|
Morocco
|
69
|
59.07
|
|
118
|
Cape Verde
|
68
|
57.60
|
|
132
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
64
|
53.46
|
|
143
|
Gambia
|
53
|
48.30
|
|
144
|
Gabon
|
52
|
47.81
|
|
146
|
Comoros
|
59
|
46.79
|
|
149
|
Ghana
|
58
|
45.51
|
|
150
|
Congo
|
48
|
45.08
|
|
151
|
Senegal
|
52
|
44.57
|
|
152
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
50
|
44.09
|
|
154
|
Sudan
|
51
|
43.04
|
|
155
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
47
|
42.78
|
|
156
|
Cameroon
|
55
|
42.24
|
|
157
|
Benin
|
50
|
42.24
|
|
158
|
Mauritania
|
54
|
41.37
|
|
159
|
Togo
|
49
|
40.68
|
|
160
|
South Africa
|
55
|
39.78
|
|
161
|
Chad
|
48
|
39.37
|
|
162
|
Kenya
|
49
|
39.29
|
|
163
|
Nigeria
|
52
|
38.25
|
|
164
|
Swaziland
|
38
|
38.07
|
|
165
|
Angola
|
47
|
37.96
|
|
166
|
Djibouti
|
48
|
37.86
|
|
167
|
Guinea
|
45
|
37.78
|
|
169
|
Eritrea
|
55
|
37.68
|
|
170
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
45
|
37.18
|
|
171
|
Lesotho
|
53
|
36.86
|
|
172
|
Madagascar
|
52
|
36.62
|
|
173
|
Somalia
|
46
|
36.37
|
|
174
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
49
|
36.30
|
|
175
|
Central African Republic
|
45
|
36.04
|
|
176
|
United Republic of Tanzania
|
53
|
36.01
|
|
177
|
Namibia
|
46
|
35.58
|
|
178
|
Burkina Faso
|
47
|
35.52
|
|
179
|
Burundi
|
47
|
34.59
|
|
180
|
Mozambique
|
40
|
34.38
|
|
181
|
Liberia
|
50
|
34.04
|
|
182
|
Ethiopia
|
46
|
33.52
|
|
183
|
Mali
|
53
|
33.08
|
|
184
|
Zimbabwe
|
37
|
32.90
|
|
185
|
Rwanda
|
39
|
32.81
|
|
186
|
Uganda
|
42
|
32.71
|
|
187
|
Botswana
|
44
|
32.26
|
|
188
|
Zambia
|
37
|
30.34
|
|
189
|
Malawi
|
39
|
29.39
|
|
190
|
Niger
|
41
|
29.12
|
|
191
|
Sierra Leone
|
45
|
25.86
|
Source:
WHOSIS Health Life Expectancy
& World Bank
|