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The socioeconomic distribution of life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Chile
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023 Abstract 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 research, given their capacity to capture health related ...
Espinoza, Manuel A. +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 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. We also examined whether any differences existed between SLE and actuarial life expectancy (LE) in Korea.A cross-sectional survey of 1000 individuals in Korea aged 20-59 was conducted.
Jaekyoung Bae +2 more
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The Lancet, 2012 Chi Pang Wen and colleagues (Oct 1, p 1244) report on the minimum amount of physical activity necessary for reduced mortality and extended life expectancy. Compared with individuals in the inactive group, those in the low-volume activity group reportedly had a 14% reduced risk of all-cause mortality and a 3-year longer life expectancy.
O'Keefe, James H. +2 more
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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. Alcohol use increases the risk for many acute and chronic health consequences including cancer, road injury and suicide as well as alcohol use disorder.
Wakabayashi, Ichiro, Groschner, Klaus
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Cancer Communications, 2018 Background The relationship between cancer and life expectancy is well established in both developed and developing countries. China is a vast country with significant geographical differences in population structure and healthcare, and thus provides a ...
Rongshou Zheng +2 more
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Healthy life gains in South Australia 1999-2008: analysis of a local Burden of Disease series
Population Health Metrics, 2011 Background The analysis describes trends in the levels and social distribution of total life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in South Australia from 1999 to 2008.
Woollacott Tony +2 more
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Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 [PDF]
Background: Decades of steady improvements in life expectancy in Europe slowed down from around 2011, well before the COVID-19 pandemic, for reasons which remain disputed.
GBD 2021 Europe Life Expectancy Collaborators +2 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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International Journal of COPD, 2009 Robert M Shavelle1, David R Paculdo1, Scott J Kush1, David M Mannino2, David J Strauss11Life Expectancy Project, San Francisco, CA, USA; 2Pulmonary Epidemiology Research Laboratory, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and ...
Robert M Shavelle +4 more
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