Active Life Expectancy
- 17 November 1983
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 309 (20), 1218-1224
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198311173092005
Abstract
This study was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of forecasting functional health for the elderly. Using life-table techniques, we analyzed the expected remaining years of functional well-being, in terms of the activities of daily living, for noninstitutionalized elderly people living in Massachusetts in 1974. The expected years, or active life expectancy, showed a decrease, from 10 years for those aged 65 to 70 years to 2.9 for those 85 or older. Active life expectancy was shorter for the poor than for others, and women had a longer average duration of expected dependence than men.Keywords
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