Estimated partial-cohort LE and healthy LE across birth cohorts. The differently shaded areas represent the distribution of the LE across healthy and unhealthy life, by self-reported health. The black vertical lines denote the 95% CI around each point estimate. The bars do not necessarily reflect the ordering of these life-years by health states, as individuals in our analysis can recover and relapse between states. The percentage figure in each bar shows the percentage of total LE spent healthy for each cohort. LE=life expectancy.