Addressing Longevity, Life Expectancy and Health Life Expectancy

Longevity and life expectancy.

"In this article the evolution of life expectancy is examined historically for various European nations at various ages, and according to sex. Appropriate logistic equations describe the facts and extrapolate into the future giving the doctor an indication of what is still to be accomplished and the demographer the tools with which to evaluate the aging of European population in the next 20 yea...

Reproductive longevity and increased life expectancy.

BACKGROUND Female life expectancy in developed countries has increased by 30 years in the twentieth century. AIM To determine if there has been an increase in reproductive longevity. METHODS We analysed age-specific fertility data from birth statistics for the USA, Canada, Japan, France, Sweden, the UK and Australia. RESULTS Since 1940, birth rates for women aged 35 and over have declined...

Health-adjusted life expectancy.

In 1991, the National Task Force on Health Information recommended that in order to assess the health of Canadians, the health information system should include an aggregate index of population health. This article presents such an index--Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE)--as one possibility in a range of indicators. In contrast to conventional life expectancy, which considers all years as...

Methods for life expectancy and healthy life expectancy uncertainty analysis

Life Expectancy