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The life expectancy gap: Socioeconomic differences in life expectancy between areas in Germany [PDF]
Journal of Health MonitoringBackground: This study examines differences in life expectancy between Germany’s most affluent and most deprived areas. Methods: Nationwide data from the cause-of-death statistics from 2003 to 2022 were linked with official population data to calculate ...
Jens Hoebel +4 more
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A Review of the Types and Characteristics of Healthy Life Expectancy and Methodological Issues [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022 An index that evaluates the health level of a population group considering both death and loss of function due to disease is called a summary measure of population health (SMPH).
Young-Eun Kim +3 more
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Factors Associated With Subjective Life Expectancy: Comparison With Actuarial Life Expectancy [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2017 Objectives Subjective life expectancy (SLE) has been found to show a significant association with mortality. In this study, we aimed to investigate the major factors affecting SLE.
Jaekyoung Bae +2 more
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The socioeconomic distribution of life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Chile
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023 Background Life expectancy (LE) has usually been used as a metric to monitor population health. In the last few years, metrics such as Quality-Adjusted-Life-Expectancy (QALE) and Health-Adjusted-Life- Expectancy (HALE) have gained popularity in health ...
Manuel Antonio Espinoza +4 more
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Life-expectancy changes during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019–2021: estimates from Japan, a country with low pandemic impact [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background The COVID-19 pandemic had a low impact on Japan in 2020, but the size of the epidemic increased considerably there in 2021. This study made a statistical analysis of life expectancy changes up to the end of 2021 in Japan. Objective We aimed to
Mst Sirajum Munira +2 more
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Journal of Physiological Sciences, 2023 This study aimed to examine the efficacy of a 2-week self-administered gentle mechanical skin stimulation on chronic neck and shoulder discomfort. In participants (n = 12) with chronic neck and shoulder discomfort, subjective measures of pain sensation ...
Nobuhiro Watanabe +5 more
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023 INTRODUCTION: Increasing life expectancy raises concerns whether the years gained will be spent free of disability. Lately, trends across countries have been heterogeneous.
Laurence Seematter-Bagnoud +5 more
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Impact of injury-related deaths on life expectancy in China, 2016 [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2020 : This study aimed to illustrate the impact of injury-related deaths on life expectancy in China in 2016 and to identify the high-risk population.
Fangwei Li +5 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Conducting a distinct comparison between the life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HALE) of people with disabilities (PWDs) and the general population is necessary due to the various environmental and health conditions they ...
Hyuna Jang +3 more
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Trends in happy life expectancy in Russia, 1994–2015
SSM: Population Health, 2022 Although the physical health status of the Russian population has improved over time, limited attention has been paid to the role of subjective well-being (SWB), and even less is known about its relationship with objective health conditions.
Yuka Minagawa
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