However, the gender gap is narrower for attempted suicide, as women tend to use less irreversible methods than men, and are thus more likely to survive (OECD, 2011a; OECD, 2012c). In Europe, a measure of Healthy Life Years (HLY) has been endorsed as an important indicator to monitor whether years of longer life are lived free of disability. Thus, while women live longer than men, a higher share of their lifespan is limited due to disease and injury (25% of years lived as opposed to 19% for men).