Background As society ages, promoting the health of the extra years of life is of paramount
importance for health, social care and pension provision. Increases in life expectancy in the …

Background Income has seldom been used to study social differences in disability-free life
expectancy (DFLE). This study investigates income inequalities in life expectancy and DFLE …

Much less is known about the sex gap in lifespan variation, which reflects inequalities in the
length of life, than about the sex gap in life expectancy (average length of life). We examined …

This work analyses healthy life expectancy, which combines information on the period life
table with the age-specific disability prevalence data in a single indicator. We quantify how …

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund und Ziel Deutschland hat aufgrund seiner großen
Wirtschaftskraft und eines gut ausgebauten Gesundheitssystems gute Voraussetzungen für …

As with many social transfer schemes, pension systems around the world are often
progressive: individuals with lower incomes receive a higher percentage of their income as …

Objectives We explored the male-female health-survival paradox in the context of health
expectancy (HE) at age 65 and thereafter, using three different morbidity measures and …

This study presents estimates of life expectancy free of anxiety/depression (a health
expectancy) for the adult population in Argentina and observes its evolution during the 2005 …

Introduction Healthy life expectancy is higher among individuals with higher socioeconomic
standing. However, it is unclear whether such advantage is attributable to longer (ie …

O Brasil é um país marcado por forte desigualdade socioeconômica entre as regiões, que,
por sua vez, se traduz em diferenciais regionais de mortalidade. Para um bom …