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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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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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Life expectancy and active life expectancy by disability status in older U.S. adults.
PLoS ONE, 2020 ObjectivesThe Medicare Health Outcome Survey (HOS) is the largest longitudinal survey of the U.S. community-dwelling elderly population. This study estimated total life expectancy, active life expectancy (ALE), and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE ...
Haomiao Jia, Erica I Lubetkin
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Environmental Health and Preventive MedicineThe recent three leading risk factors for global disease burden in the world are, in descending order, high blood pressure, tobacco smoking including second-hand smoke, and alcohol use.
Ichiro Wakabayashi, Klaus Groschner
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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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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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Life Expectancy and the Environment [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Mariani, Fabio +2 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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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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