2.2 Self-assessed health status, life expectancy and health adjusted life-expectancy (HALE)

health status

an individuals or populations overall level of health and wellbeing taking into account various indicators such as life expectancy, mortality and morbidity

health indicators

standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status (e.g life expectancy, mortality rates, morbidity rates

self-assessed health status

‘an individuals own opinion about how they feel about their health, their state of mind and their life in general’. It is commonly sourced from population surveys.

life expectancy

the number of years of life, on average, remaining to an individual at a particular age if death rates do not change.

health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE)

the average length of time an individual at a specific age can expect to live in full health; that is, time lived without the health consequences of disease or injury