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Disability-Free Life Expectancy Over 30 Years: A Growing Female Disadvantage in the US Population.

Objectives. To examine changes in active life expectancy in the United States over 30 years for older men and women (aged ≥ 65 years). Methods. We used the 1982 and 2004 National Long Term Care Survey and the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study to estimate age-specific mortality and disabili...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 106; no. 6; pp. 1079 - 1086
Main Authors: Freedman, Vicki A., Wolf, Douglas A., Spillman, Brenda C.
Format: Article
Published: American Public Health Association Jun2016
Subjects:
United States
Aging
Life expectancy
Mortality
Sex distribution
Health equity
Research funding
Survival analysis (Biometry)
Descriptive statistics
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