Abstract We explore methodological issues core to the cost-benefit evaluation of building adaptations designed protect against heat risks residents care homes in England context uncertainties relating loss life expectancy death. used physics modelling quantify impact external window shading on indoor temperatures. calculated associated mortality and under three sets assumptions life-shortening ...

BACKGROUND The CONCORD study compares population-based relative survival from cancer using data from cancer registries in five continents. To estimate relative survival, general mortality life tables are required. Available statistics are incomplete, so various approaches are used to construct complete life tables. This article outlines how the life tables were constructed for CONCORD; it compa...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this article is to provide estimates of life expectancy for White, Black, and Hispanic populations by socioeconomic factors. Effects of educational, income, employment, and marital status on life expectancy are presented and interpreted. DESIGN The National Longitudinal Mortality Study, consisting of a number of Current Population Surveys (CPS) linked to mortality ...

Cancer incidence is associated with the "ageing process." It is frequently stated that cancer is a disease of old age. This idea is based primarily upon the fact that both skin carcinoma and carcinoma of the breast increase in frequency with advancing age. In this case the relative frequency remains about the same. It has been maintained that the great increase in cancer mortality at the presen...

Period life expectancy is calculated from age-specific death rates using life table methods that are among the oldest and most fundamental tools of demography. These methods are rarely questioned, much less criticized. Yet changing age patterns of adult mortality in contemporary countries with high life expectancy provide a basis for questioning the conventional use of age-specific death rates ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the remaining life expectancy with and without polypharmacy for Swedish women and men aged 65 years and older. DESIGN Age-specific prevalence of polypharmacy from the nationwide Swedish Prescribed Drug Register (SPDR) combined with life tables from Statistics Sweden was used to calculate the survival function and remaining life expectancy with and without polypharmac...

AIMS We examined the relationship between alcohol expectancies in childhood and onset of drinking, binge drinking and drunkenness in adolescence and the influence of drinking onset on expectancy development. DESIGN A prospective, longitudinal study of children assessed for alcohol expectancies and drinking at four time-points between ages 6 and 17 years. SETTING Community study of families ...

BACKGROUND Light to moderate alcohol intake lowers the risk of cardiovascular mortality, but whether this protective effect can be attributed to a specific type of beverage remains unclear. Moreover, little is known about the effects of long-term alcohol intake on life expectancy. METHODS The impact of long-term alcohol intake and types of alcoholic beverages consumed on cardiovascular mortal...