Health attainment, level and distribution in all Member States
Estimates for 1997 and 1999 By the World Health Organization				
Disability-adjusted life expectancy at birth (years)

				Total	
Rank	Member State 		Population	Males		Females 
				
1	Japan			74.5		71.9		77.2
2	Australia		73.2		70.8		75.5
3	France			73.1		69.3		76.9
4	Sweden			73.0		71.2		74.9
5	Spain			72.8		69.8		75.7
6	Italy			72.7		70.0		75.4
7	Greece			72.5		70.5		74.6
8	Switzerland		72.5		69.5		75.5
9	Monaco			72.4		68.5		76.3
10	Andorra			72.3		69.3		75.2
11	San Marino		72.3		69.5		75.0
12	Canada			72.0		70.0		74.0
13	Netherlands		72.0		69.6		74.4
14	United Kingdom		71.7		69.7		73.7
15	Norway			71.7		68.8		74.6
16	Belgium			71.6		68.7		74.6
17	Austria			71.6		68.8		74.4
18	Luxembourg		71.1		68.0		74.2
19	Iceland			70.8		69.2		72.3
20	Finland			70.5		67.2		73.7
21	Malta			70.5		68.4		72.5
22	Germany		70.4		67.4		73.5
23	Israel			70.4		69.2		71.6
24	United States		70.0		67.5		72.6
25	Cyprus			69.8		68.7		70.9
26	Dominica		69.8		67.2		72.3
27	Ireland			69.6		67.5		71.7
28	Denmark		69.4		67.2		71.5
29	Portugal		69.3		65.9		72.7
30	Singapore		69.3		67.4		71.2
31	New Zealand		69.2		67.1		71.2
32	Chile			68.6		66.0		71.3
33	Cuba			68.4		67.4		69.4
34	Slovenia		68.4		64.9		71.9
35	Czech Republic		68.0		65.2		70.8
36	Jamaica			67.3		66.8		67.9
37	Uruguay		67.0		64.1		69.9
38	Croatia			67.0		63.3		70.6
39	Argentina		66.7		63.8		69.6
40	Costa Rica		66.7		65.2		68.1
41	Armenia			66.7		65.0		68.3
42	Slovakia		66.6		63.5		69.7
43 	Saint Vincent
   and the Grenadines		66.4		65.0		67.8
44	Georgia			66.3		63.1		69.4
45	Poland			66.2		62.3		70.1
46	Yugoslavia		66.1		64.2		68.1
47	Panama			66.0		64.9		67.2
48	Antigua+Barbuda	65.8		63.4		68.3
49	Grenada		65.5		62.4		68.5
50	U. A. Emirates		65.4		65.0		65.8
51	North  Korea		65.1		51.4		53.1
52	Venezuela		65.0		62.9		67.1
53	Barbados		65.0		62.4		67.6
54	Saint Lucia		65.0		62.4		67.6
55	Mexico			65.0		62.4		67.6
56	Bosnia Herzegovina	64.9		63.4		66.4
57	Trinidad+Tobago	64.6		62.8		66.4
58	Saudi Arabia		64.5		65.1		64.0
59	Brunei 			64.4		63.4		65.4
60	Bulgaria		64.4		61.2		67.7
61	Bahrain			64.4		63.9		64.9
62	Hungary		64.1		60.4		67.9
63	Lithuania		64.1		60.6		67.5
64	FYRO Macedonia	63.7		61.8		65.6
65	Azerbaijan		63.7		60.6		66.7
66	Qatar			63.5		64.2		62.8
67	Cook Islands		63.4		62.2		64.5
68	Kuwait			63.2		63.0		63.4
69	Estonia			63.1		58.1		68.1
70	Ukraine			63.0		58.5		67.5
71	Paraguay		63.0		60.7		65.3
72	Oman			63.0		61.8		64.1
73	Turkey			62.9		64.0		61.8
74	Colombia		62.9		60.3		65.5
75	Tonga			62.9		61.4		64.3
76	Sri Lanka		62.8		59.3		66.3
77	Suriname		62.7		60.2		65.2
78	Mauritius		62.7		59.0		66.3
79	Dominican Republic	62.5		62.1		62.9
80	Romania		62.3		58.8		65.8
81	S. Korea		62.3		59.9		64.7
82	China			62.3		61.2		63.3
83	Latvia			62.2		57.1		67.2
84	Belarus			61.7		56.2		67.2
85	Algeria			61.6		62.5		60.7
86	Niue			61.6		61.0		62.2
87	St. Kitts and Nevis	61.6		58.7		64.4
88	El Salvador		61.5		58.6		64.5
89	Moldova		61.5		58.5		64.5
90	Malaysia		61.4		61.3		61.6
91	Tunisia			61.4		62.0		60.7
92	Russian Federation	61.3		56.1		66.4
93	Honduras		61.1		60.0		62.3
94	Ecuador		61.0		59.9		62.1
95	Belize			60.9		58.5		63.3
96	Lebanon		60.6		61.2		60.1
97	Iran			60.5		61.3		59.8
98	Samoa			60.5		58.7		62.3
99	Guyana			60.2		57.1		63.3
100	Thailand		60.2		58.4		62.1
101	Uzbekistan		60.2		58.0		62.3
102	Jordan			60.0		60.7		59.3
103	Albania			60.0		56.5		63.4
104	Indonesia		59.7		58.8		60.6
105	Micronesia		59.6		58.7		60.6
106	Peru			59.4		58.0		60.8
107	Fiji			59.4		57.7		61.1
108	Libya			59.3		59.7		58.9
109	Seychelles		59.3		56.4		62.1
110	Bahamas		59.1		56.7		61.6
111	Morocco		59.1		58.7		59.4
112	Brazil			59.1		55.2		62.9
113	Palau			59.0		57.4		60.7
114	Philippines		58.9		57.1		60.7
115	Syria			58.8		58.8		58.9
116	Egypt			58.5		58.6		58.3
117	Viet Nam		58.2		56.7		59.6
118	Nicaragua		58.1		56.4		59.9
119	Cape Verde		57.6		54.6		60.6
120	Tuvalu			57.4		57.1		57.6
121	Tajikistan		57.3		55.1		59.4
122	Marshall Islands		56.8		56.0		57.6
123	Kazakhstan		56.4		51.5		61.2
124	Kyrgyzstan		56.3		53.4		59.1
125	Pakistan		55.9		55.0		56.8
126	Kiribati			55.3		53.9		56.6
127	Iraq			55.3		55.4		55.1
128	Solomon Islands	54.9		54.5		55.3
129	Turkmenistan		54.3		51.9		56.7
130	Guatemala		54.3		52.1		56.4
131	Maldives		53.9		54.4		53.3
132	Mongolia		53.8		51.3		56.3
133	Sao Tome Princi		53.5		52.1		54.8
134	Bolivia			53.3		52.5		54.1
135	India			53.2		52.8		53.5
136	Vanuatu		52.8		51.3		54.4
137	Nauru			52.5		49.8		55.1
138	Bhutan			51.8		51.4		52.2
139	Myanmar		51.6		51.4		51.9
140	Bangladesh		49.9		50.1		49.8
141	Yemen			49.7		49.7		49.7
142	Nepal			49.5		49.4		49.5
143	Gambia			48.3		47.2		49.4
144	Gabon			47.8		46.6		49.0
145	Papua New Guin.	47.0		45.5		48.5
146	Comoros		46.8		46.1		47.5
147	Lao			46.1		45.0		47.1
148	Cambodia		45.7		43.9		47.5
149	Ghana			45.5		45.0		46.0
150	Congo			45.1		44.3		45.9
151	Senegal			44.6		43.5		45.6
152	Equatorial Guinea	44.1		42.8		45.4
153	Haiti			43.8		42.4		45.2
154	Sudan			43.0		42.6		43.5
155	Côte d'Ivoire		42.8		42.2		43.3
156	Cameroon		42.2		41.5		43.0
157	Benin			44.2		41.9		42.6
158	Mauritania		41.4		40.2		42.5
159	Togo			40.7		40.0		41.4
160	South Africa		39.8		38.6		41.0
161	Chad			39.4		38.6		40.2
162	Kenya			39.3		39.0		39.6
163	Nigeria			38.3		38.1		38.4
164	Swaziland		38.1		37.8		38.4
165	Angola			38.0		37.0		38.9
166	Djibouti			37.9		37.7		38.1
167	Guinea			37.8		37.0		38.5
168	Afghanistan		37.7		36.7		38.7
169	Eritrea			37.7		38.5		36.9
170	Guinea-Bissau		37.2		36.8		37.5
171	Lesotho			36.9		36.6		37.2
172	Madagascar		36.6		36.5		36.8
173	Somalia			36.4		35.9		36.9
174	Dem. Rep. Congo	36.3		36.4		36.2
175	Ctral African Rep	36.0		35.6		36.5
176	Tanzania		36.0		35.9		36.1
177	Namibia			35.6		35.8		35.4
178	Burkina Faso		35.5		35.3		35.7
179	Burundi			34.6		34.6		34.6
180	Mozambique		34.4		33.7		35.1
181	Liberia			34.0		33.8		34.2
182	Ethiopia			33.5		33.5		33.5
183	Mali			33.1		32.6		33.5
184	Zimbabwe		32.9		33.4		32.4
185	Rwanda			32.8		32.9		32.7
186	Uganda			32.7		32.9		32.5
187	Botswana		32.3		32.3		32.2
188	Zambia			30.3		30.0		30.7
189	Malawi			29.4		29.3		29.4
190	Niger			29.1		28.1		30.1
191	Sierra Leone		25.9		25.8		26.0