Statisticians have long seen life expectancy rates as being a
superficial measure of longevity and quality of life. We know that life
expectancy in Canada, for example, is 82 for a woman and 76.9 for a
man. Statistics Canada has been drilling down into this data to look
beyond mortality, and has now come up with Disability-Free Life
Expectancy (DFLE) figures. DFLE is 68.6 years, which means most people
can expect to live almost a decade with a chronic health condition or
significant mental or physical disability before they die.[
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