Trends in life expectancy: did the gap between the healthy and the ill widen or close?

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:During the past decades, life expectancy has continued to increase in most high-income countries. Previous research suggests that improvements in life expectancy have primarily been driven by advances at the upper end of the health distribution, while parts of the population have lagged behind. Using data from the entire Swedish population, this study aims to examine the life expectancy development among subgroups of individuals with a history of common diseases relative to that of the general population. METHODS:The remaining life expectancy at age 65 was estimated for each year in 1998-2017 among individuals with a history of disease, and for the total Swedish population. We defined population subgroups as individuals with a history of myocardial infarction, ischemic or hemorr

SUBMITTER: Meyer AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7082956 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature