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50 is the new 30: Long-run trends of schooling and retirement explained by human aging [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Workers in the US and other developed countries retire no later than a century ago and spend a significantly longer part of their life in school, implying that they stay less years in the work force.
Strulik, Holger, Werner, Katharina
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Best-practice healthy life expectancy vs. life expectancy: Catching up or lagging behind?

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021
Vaupel et al. (1) update previous important work on demographic perspectives on longevity and life expectancy (LE) based on the steady increase in best-practice life expectancy (BPLE) since 1840 (2). In those studies, Vaupel and coworkers state that BPLE has been steadily increasing 0.25 y per annum since 1840 and speculate that most children born in ...
Permanyer, Iñaki   +2 more
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The Influence of Universal Health Coverage on Life Expectancy at Birth (LEAB) and Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE): A Multi-Country Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Background: There are substantial differences in long term health outcomes across countries, particularly in terms of both life expectancy at birth (LEAB) and healthy life expectancy (HALE).
Chhabi L. Ranabhat   +8 more
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Estimating health-adjusted life expectancy conditional on risk factors: results for smoking and obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Background Smoking and obesity are risk factors causing a large burden of disease. To help formulate and prioritize among smoking and obesity prevention activities, estimations of health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) for cohorts that differ solely in ...
Pieter HM van Baal   +66 more
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Association between the number of remaining teeth and disability-free life expectancy, and the impact of oral self-care in older Japanese adults: a prospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Tooth loss has been reportedly associated with shorter disability-free life expectancy (DFLE). However, no study has explored whether oral self-care offsets reduction in DFLE. The present study aimed to assess the association between oral self-
Maya Yamato   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing Dementia-Friendly Tourism Destinations: An Exploratory Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Dementia is emerging as a global issue. Increases in life expectancy create an older population structure with accompanying health needs but also high lifestyle expectations.
Alzheimer’s Society   +32 more
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Determinants Of Healthy Ageing For Older People In European Countries – A Spatio-Temporal Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The article aims to investigate the relationship between the length of the further life in healthy for men and women aged 65 years and selected factors in European countries in the period 2005-2012.
Suchecka, Jadwiga, Urbaniak, Bogusława
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Network analysis reveals causal relationships among individual background risk factors leading to influenza susceptibility

open access: yesScientific Reports
Influenza is a serious infectious disease that spreads rapidly and causes numerous deaths worldwide. Although the biological and environmental risk factors for influenza susceptibility have been extensively studied, individual risk factors, such as ...
Akihide Terada   +14 more
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Challenges for reducing inequities in health and healthcare for the 21st Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Human life expectancy during the time of the Roman Empire was approximately 28 years. In 1990, global life expectancy had increased to 65 years. The advances in life expectancy in the 20th century were remarkable by any standard.
De Vogli, R, Galal, O
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Healthy Life Expectancy in Europe

open access: yes, 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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