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The effect of winning an Oscar Award on survival: Correcting for healthy performer survivor bias with a rank preserving structural accelerated failure time model [PDF]
Annals of Applied Statistics 2011, Vol. 5, No. 2A, 746-772, 2011 We study the causal effect of winning an Oscar Award on an actor or actress's survival. Does the increase in social rank from a performer winning an Oscar increase the performer's life expectancy? Previous studies of this issue have suffered from healthy performer survivor bias, that is, candidates who are healthier will be able to act in more films ...
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Adjusting for dependent comorbidity in the calculation of healthy life expectancy [PDF]
Population Health Metrics, 2006 Abstract Background Healthy life expectancy – sometimes called health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) – is a form of health expectancy indicator that extends measures of life expectancy to account for the distribution of health states in the population.
Mathers, Colin D. +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2020 We examined whether the co-occurrence of four behavioural risk factors (alcohol consumption, smoking, physical inactivity and obesity) is associated with disability-free and chronic disease-free life expectancy similarly in two longitudinal studies of ...
P. Zaninotto, J. Head, A. Steptoe
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Measuring inequalities in health: the case for healthy life expectancy [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2006 To evaluate healthy life expectancy (HLE) as a measure of health inequalities by comparing geographical and area-based deprivation-related inequalities in healthy and total life expectancy (TLE).Life table analysis based on ecological cross-sectional data.Council area quarters and postcode sector-based deprivation fifths in Scotland.Expectation of life
Wood, Rachael +4 more
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Inequalities in healthy life expectancy by Federated States [PDF]
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2017 ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES To estimate the healthy life expectancy at 60 years by sex and Federated States and to investigate geographical inequalities by socioeconomic status. METHODS Healthy life expectancy was estimated by the Sullivan method, based on the information of the National Survey on Health, 2013. Three criteria were adopted for the definition of
Szwarcwald, Célia Landmann +5 more
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Journal of Global Health, 2020 Background Life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HALE) are indicators measuring the national health level. GAP is the difference between them.
Xinxi Cao +11 more
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Healthy Life Expectancy in Europe
, 2023 The Eurostat calculates the health expectation in Europe. The data are collected through interviews. The indicator also considers the possibility of living a life in health without disabilities. The indicator is also known as life expectancy without disabilities in Europe.
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The Relationship and Trends of Socio-Demographic Index, Healthy Life Expectancy and Life Expectancy in China [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019 Abstract Background Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) is an index to evaluate social development. Healthy life expectancy (HLE/HALE) can comprehensively measure the population health. This paper analyzes the relationship and trend of Socio-Demographic Index, life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy, which provides a reference for improving ...
Xinlei Miao +4 more
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ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY IN CHILE
Innovation in Aging, 2023 Abstract Socioeconomic and sex differences in life expectancy (total and healthy) in Chile have been well established. However, the existence of ethnic differences in population longevity is unknown. Thus, we estimate total, healthy, and unhealthy life expectancy among Mapuche (largest indigenous group) and non-Mapuche older adults (≥60 ...
Sandoval, Moises +2 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world. However, this does not guarantee an improved quality of life. There is a gap between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
Rikuya Hosokawa +5 more
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