The objective of this article is to analyze and identify if there enough evidence assume that obesity, smoking alcoholism, as well health spending are variables determine the behavior life expectancy at birth. It a quantitative study based on documentary information obtained from OECD, with correlational scope non-experimental approach. results show infer for countriesthat belong OECD being exp...

China’s Central government is currently undertaking extensive pension reforms which requires accurate life expectancy forecasts at both national and regional levels. However, the lack of prior research in this area is an obstacle to policy formulation. The aim of this research is to investigate the trend of China’s regional differences in life expectancy. Three contributions of this thesis are ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe the population mortality profile of England and Wales by deprivation and in each government office region (GOR) during 1998, and to quantify the influence of geography and deprivation in determining life expectancy. DESIGN Construction of life tables describing age specific mortality rates and life expectancy at birth from death registrations and estimated populati...

BACKGROUND Prolonged television (TV) viewing time is unfavourably associated with mortality outcomes, particularly for cardiovascular disease, but the impact on life expectancy has not been quantified. The authors estimate the extent to which TV viewing time reduces life expectancy in Australia, 2008. METHODS The authors constructed a life table model that incorporates a previously reported m...

BACKGROUND Occupation is a significant factor affecting life, health and well-being. Long-term military service is a unique career path that may have an influence on life expectancy, even after excluding obvious risks such as battlefield mortality. However, it remains unclear what the effects of a military career are on the life trajectory of personnel after retiring from service. This study co...

BACKGROUND The national objectives in Healthy People 2000, drafted by health professionals aware of currently available public health interventions, represent a wealth of information about near-term future mortality and morbidity. METHODS Life table methods were used to calculate the impact of projected changes in mortality and activity limitation rates on life expectancy and expected disabil...

BACKGROUND Life expectancy at birth as an alternative summary measure of mortality represents number of years which a newborn will be alive based on the current age specific death rates. As it summarizes death rates across all age range in a given population is the most common summary measure of mortality. The aim of this study was to correct death rates for underreport and estimate life expect...