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Table 3 Healthy and unhealthy life expectancy at exact age by sex, according to self-rated health and functional disability (Campinas, 2008)

From: Gender differences in healthy life expectancy among Brazilian elderly

Age

Self-rated health

Global limitations

Mild and moderate limitations

Severe limitations

 

Men

Women

Gender differences (Women - Men)

Men

Women

Gender differences (Women - Men)

Men

Women

Gender differences (Women - Men)

Men

Women

Gender differences (Women - Men)

Healthy life expectancy

            

60

16.8

20.8

4.0*

11.8

11.2

-0.6

13.5

14.9

1.4

17.5

20.0

2.5*

65

13.5

17.1

3.6*

8.9

8.3

-0.7

10.5

11.7

1.2

14.0

16.1

2.1*

70

10.7

13.7

3.0*

6.3

5.6

-0.8

7.8

9.0

1.2

10.9

12.3

1.4*

75

8.2

10.7

2.5*

4.5

3.8

-0.7

5.9

6.7

0.8

8.0

9.4

1.3*

80+

6.4

8.3

1.9*

3.2

2.4

-0.8

4.3

5.3

1.0

6.2

6.4

0.2

Unhealthy life expectancy

            

60

2.4

2.9

0.6

7.4

12.5

5.1*

5.7

8.8

3.1*

1.7

3.7

2.0*

65

2.1

2.5

0.4

6.7

11.4

4.7*

5.1

7.9

2.8*

1.6

3.5

1.9*

70

1.7

2.0

0.4

6.0

10.2

4.1*

4.5

6.7

2.2*

1.5

3.4

1.9*

75

1.2

1.6

0.4

4.9

8.5

3.6*

3.5

5.6

2.0*

1.4

2.9

1.5*

80+

0.9

1.0

0.1

4.0

6.9

2.9*

2.9

4.0

1.1

1.1

2.9

1.8*

Proportion of unhealthy life expectancy

            

60

12.3

12.3

0.0

38.6

52.7

14.1

29.7

37.3

7.5

8.8

15.4

6.6

65

13.2

12.8

-0.5

42.7

57.9

15.2

32.5

40.1

7.6

10.1

17.8

7.7

70

13.4

13.0

-0.4

48.8

64.6

15.8

36.6

42.8

6.2

12.2

21.8

9.6

75

13.2

13.1

-0.1

52.2

69.1

16.9

37.4

45.2

7.8

14.8

23.9

9.0

80+

12.0

10.9

-1.1

55.3

74.1

18.9

40.5

43.1

2.7

14.9

31.1

16.2

  1. *Significantly different at the 5% level (95% Confidence Interval was estimated only for healthy life expectancy and unhealthy life expectancy).
  2. ¹Proportion of unhealthy life expectancy at age x = Unhealthy life expectancy at age x/Life expectancy at age x * 100.