GPN 14 Health Adjusted Life Expectancy

What does HALE stand for?

• Health Adjusted Life Expectancy

• Healthy Active Life Expectancy

• High Average Life Expectancy

• Hearty Ageing Life Expectancy

HALE attempts to work out how much of your life you will be healthy for before you experience _____ illness (hint: c)

In terms of HALE, what is considered 'healthy'?

• Able to participate fully in society

• Free from all diseases

• Free from pain

• Able to run 5km in 40 mins

What is a 'blue zone'?

• Areas with exceptionally long HALEs

• Regions with high pollution

• Places with large inequalities between wealthy and poor life expectancies

• Zones with low population density and high water security

A 2019 UK study found the poorest decile of women had a HALE ____ years lower than the top decile.

• 19.3

• 2.7

• 11.6

• 25.9

Word beginning with N which means subtle influence to encourage you to make the healthy choice

What is the relationship between deprivation and healthy life expectancy in England?

• More deprived areas have lower healthy life expectancy

• Deprivation has no effect

• More deprived areas have higher healthy life expectancy

• Deprivation only affects mental health.

Which country is the only technocratic Blue Zone (the rest are thought to be the result of community mindset)?

Ikaria is a Blue Zone in which country?

• Greece

• Italy

• USA

• Japan

Nicoya is a Blue Zone in which country?

• Costa Rica

• USA

• Italy

• Greece