#mispoon says: Compared to 1998, a 20-year old in 2006 has gained one year of life but has lost 2 years of healthy life
For more interesting information on the differences on morbidity and mortality on such short periods of time, I recommend the article underneath. Changing this trend of growing older but sicker, is the new bet of the 21st century medicine.
Mortality and morbidity trends: is there compression of morbidity?
Crimmins EM, Beltrán-Sánchez H.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2011 Jan;66(1):75-86.