Bach says US 'health expectancy' is 63, with life expectancy falling

What was said

""I learned about this thing called health expectancy. So health expectancy is not the same as life expectancy. Health expectancy is the age that the World Health Organization and every government around the world knows what age on average is someone going to get sick in a country and have a permanent disability that affects the rest of their life. And in the United States, the age is 63.""

David Bach says that, in research for an updated edition of The Automatic Millionaire, he came across 'health expectancy' — the average age at which people develop a lasting disability — and puts the US figure at 63. He adds that US life expectancy is "76" and "going down, not up", arguing people should plan to retire earlier to maximise healthy years.