OBJECTIVES To compare average levels of population health for Australia and other OECD countries in 2001. METHODS Healthy life expectancies (HALE) for OECD countries for 2001 are based on analysis of mortality data for OECD countries, country-specific estimates of health state prevalences for 135 causes from the Global Burden of Disease 2000 study, and an analysis of 34 health surveys in 28 O...

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PENSIONS AT A GLANCE 2009: RETIREMENT-INCOME SYSTEMS IN OECD COUNTRIES – ISBN 978-92-64-06071-5 – © OECD 2009 17 Methodology Future entitlements under today’s parameter and rules The pension entitlements that are presented are those that are currently legislated in OECD countries. Changes in rules that have already been legislated, but are being phased-in gradually, are assumed to be fully in p...

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