The document summarizes key findings from the Prevention Index, which ranks 50 countries on their ability to support healthy aging. The top 10 countries account for only 1.1% of the global population. There are significant gaps between the top and bottom countries in life expectancy (24 years), healthy life expectancy (21 years), and working life expectancy (23 years). Countries that spend more on preventative healthcare and have better access to doctors tend to rank higher on the Index. Diet and exercise are challenges hampering progress for all countries. The UK could rank first in healthy life expectancy if it meets its goal of increasing that by 5 years by 2035.

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The top 50
countries on
the Index.

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Only top 1%
of world
population is
best adapted
to longer,
healthier
lives.
With an average population
of only 8.4 million, the top 10
countries account for only
1.1% of the world’s
population.

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There is a 24-year
gap in life span
(life expectancy)
between the top
and bottom 10
countries.
There is a 21-year
gap in health span
(healthy life
expectancy) between
the top and bottom
10 countries.
There is a 23-year
gap in work span
(working life
expectancy)
between the top
and bottom 10
countries.
Our analysis
finds that
there are
significant
inequalities
between
countries at
the top and
bottom of
the Index.

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Political and
economic
bloc
rankings
The Index ranks political
and economic country
blocs, such as the G20,
EU and OECD to
demand action on
sustainable longevity at
the global level.
blocs
G7: 2nd G20: 3rd
OECD: 15th

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UK
blocs
If the UK were to meet its target to increase healthy life
expectancy, for all, by five years, by 2035, it would rank 1st
on the Index for Health span, surpassing Japan.
blocs

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Countries that
spend a higher
proportion of
their health
budgets
on prevention
perform better
on the Index.
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UK

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Countries that
spend more on
preventative
healthcare and
immunisation
perform better
on the Index.
UK

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On average,
countries that
rank in the
bottom half of the
Index have four
times worse
access to
qualified medical
doctors than
those that rank in
the top half of the
Index.
UK

10. Poor diet and a
lack of exercise
are hampering
progress for all
countries on
the Index.
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