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Gender Medicine, 2012
A sexual dimorphism in human life expectancy has existed in almost every country for as long as records have been kept. Although human life expectancy has increased each year, females still live longer, on average, than males. Undoubtedly, the reasons for the sex gap in life expectancy are multifaceted, and it has been discussed from both sociological ...
Joshua E, Seifarth +2 more
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A sexual dimorphism in human life expectancy has existed in almost every country for as long as records have been kept. Although human life expectancy has increased each year, females still live longer, on average, than males. Undoubtedly, the reasons for the sex gap in life expectancy are multifaceted, and it has been discussed from both sociological ...
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Inequalities in Life Expectancy [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012 Broad differences in life expectancy are observed across countries and socio-demographic groups. This paper reviews the evidence for Italy on the level and development of these inequalities and discusses the strength and possible determinants of the relationship between life expectancy and education.
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New England Journal of Medicine, 1983
This study was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of forecasting functional health for the elderly. Using life-table techniques, we analyzed the expected remaining years of functional well-being, in terms of the activities of daily living, for noninstitutionalized elderly people living in Massachusetts in 1974.
S, Katz +5 more
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This study was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of forecasting functional health for the elderly. Using life-table techniques, we analyzed the expected remaining years of functional well-being, in terms of the activities of daily living, for noninstitutionalized elderly people living in Massachusetts in 1974.
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Subjective Life Expectancy as a Correlate of Family Life Expectancy
Psychological Reports, 1988Subjects were 18 female undergraduates who participated in this study as part of a Life Span Development Course. Ages ranged from 20 to 43 yr. (mean age 29.8 yr. SD: 8.6, Mdn: 27.5 yr.). A questionnaire w3s administered to the subjects asking them for (a) subjective estimates of their projected life span or expectancy, (b) subjective estimates of the ...
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Bioethics, 2002
Some ethical dilemmas in health care, such as over the use of age as a criterion of patient selection, appeal to the notion of life expectancy. However, some features of this concept have not been discussed. Here I look in turn at two aspects: one positive — our expectation of further life — and the other negative — the loss of potential life brought ...
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Some ethical dilemmas in health care, such as over the use of age as a criterion of patient selection, appeal to the notion of life expectancy. However, some features of this concept have not been discussed. Here I look in turn at two aspects: one positive — our expectation of further life — and the other negative — the loss of potential life brought ...
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2011
Since the development of health expectancy measures in the late 1960s, the use of these indicators to monitor population health and to identify health inequalities has burgeoned. Health expectancies add a quality dimension to the quantity of life by partitioning life expectancy into years lived with disability or ill-health and years lived free of ...
Jagger, C, Robine, Jean-Marie
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Since the development of health expectancy measures in the late 1960s, the use of these indicators to monitor population health and to identify health inequalities has burgeoned. Health expectancies add a quality dimension to the quantity of life by partitioning life expectancy into years lived with disability or ill-health and years lived free of ...
Jagger, C, Robine, Jean-Marie
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Decomposition of life expectancy and expected life-years lost by disease
Statistics in Medicine, 2006Life expectancy is commonly used to summarize the life-time mortality experience of a population. Differences in life expectancy are well-known across different levels of socioeconomic status such as income and education. A recent simulation study of potential life-years lost has shown the effects that major diseases contribute to differences in life ...
Charles C, Lin, Norman J, Johnson
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Personality, Life Situation, and Life Expectancy
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1981ABSTRACT: This study explores demographic, medical, and psychological variables which appear to be related to survival in institutionalized elderly chronically ill patients. Patients who died within 12 months of an assessment procedure were compared with patients who were still alive over 12 months later.
D K, Reynolds, F L, Nelson
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On the decomposition of life expectancy and limits to life
Population Studies, 2015Life expectancy is a measure of how long people are expected to live and is widely used as a measure of human development. Variations in the measure reflect not only the process of ageing but also the impacts of such events as epidemics, wars, and economic recessions.
Les, Mayhew, David, Smith
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Life Expectancy in Down Syndrome
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1987This study is part of a collaborative effort between the Division of Vital Statistics, Ministry of Health, Province of British Columbia and the Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia. Permission to use the provincial vital and health records was conditional on the strict observance of the oath of secrecy regarding the ...
P A, Baird, A D, Sadovnick
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