Decomposing cross-country differences in quality adjusted life expectancy: the impact of value sets

Table 3 QALE at age 20 years using different value sets plus a country ranking (R)¹

	Value set Germany		Value set Japan		Value set Netherlands		Value set Spain		Value set UK		Value set US
	QALE	R	QALE	R	QALE	R	QALE	R	QALE	R	QALE	R
Males
ARM	39.13	15	36.93	15	34.91	15	35.99	15	33.62	15	37.85	15
BEL	50.88	9	47.22	10	48.45	10	49.19	10	47.47	10	49.23	10
CAN	52.72	2	49.00	5	49.89	6	50.76	5	49.07	5	51.02	4
FIN	49.71	11	46.35	12	48.00	11	47.97	11	46.57	11	48.47	11
GER	50.68	10	48.21	9	49.24	7	49.51	8	47.98	8	49.83	9
GRE	51.20	7	50.17	4	49.95	5	49.72	7	49.54	4	50.81	5
HUN	44.34	14	41.83	13	42.07	14	42.60	14	41.42	13	43.12	14
JAP	56.14	1	54.68	1	55.19	1	55.43	1	54.70	1	55.46	1
NET	52.60	5	50.25	3	51.33	2	51.52	3	50.34	2	51.66	2
NZL	52.27	6	48.82	6	50.13	4	50.45	6	48.96	6	50.74	6
SLV	46.04	13	41.36	14	42.74	13	42.73	13	41.37	14	43.96	13
SPA	52.66	3	50.43	2	51.17	3	51.57	2	50.27	3	51.65	3
SWE	52.63	4	48.37	8	49.11	8	50.84	4	48.29	7	50.48	7
UK	50.93	8	48.60	7	48.95	9	49.22	9	47.89	9	49.94	8
US	49.67	12	46.61	11	47.33	12	47.90	12	46.20	12	48.39	12
Females
ARM	42.74	15	39.43	15	37.03	15	38.87	15	35.51	15	40.96	15
BEL	55.14	7	50.77	10	52.24	8	53.08	6	50.73	10	53.17	10
CAN	55.50	5	50.83	9	52.05	10	52.96	9	50.73	9	53.51	7
FIN	54.70	10	50.95	8	52.69	6	52.49	10	50.87	8	53.36	8
GER	55.12	8	51.22	7	52.12	9	53.06	7	50.88	7	53.35	9
GRE	51.41	13	49.98	11	50.23	11	50.23	11	48.91	11	50.80	12
HUN	49.69	14	46.01	14	45.65	14	46.89	14	44.78	14	47.87	14
JAP	61.01	1	58.68	1	59.53	1	59.87	1	58.54	1	59.99	1
NET	55.35	6	52.10	4	53.44	5	53.59	5	51.94	5	54.11	5
NZL	56.45	4	51.99	5	53.55	4	54.11	4	52.32	4	54.51	4
SLV	51.88	12	46.03	13	47.64	13	47.60	13	45.99	13	49.22	13
SPA	56.67	3	53.80	2	53.93	2	54.80	3	52.76	2	55.32	2
SWE	56.75	2	52.97	3	53.70	3	55.04	2	52.67	3	54.93	3
UK	54.98	9	51.75	6	52.27	7	52.98	8	51.23	6	53.56	6
US	52.45	11	48.92	12	49.18	12	50.03	12	47.79	12	50.93	11

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