‘Life expectancy’ measures how many years, on average, a person of a given age can expect to live if current death rates do not change. This fact sheet from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare compares life expectancies of people with and without a disability.
Life expectancy and disability in Australia: expected years living with and without disability shows that at birth, Australians can expect to live on average one fifth of their lives with some form of disability. People aged 65 will, on average, spend over half their remaining lives with a level of disability.
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