life expectancyChilegender differencesUsing a sample of over 579 thousand workers that retired under the annuity system in Chile, we find that, conditional on reaching retirement age, there is a three-year difference in life expectancy between the lower and higher income groups in both men and ...
An increased life expectancy is associated to a nation's progress. Life expectancy at birth is 78 years in developed countries, 72 in Latin America, 70 in China, 63 in Eastern Europe and 51 in Africa. Chile is the Latin American country with the higher increment in life expectancy, reaching...
Using a sample of over 500 thousand workers that retired under the annuity system, we find that, conditional on reaching retirement age, there is a three-year difference in life expectancy between the lower and higher income groups. Differences are similar for men and women. We also find that...
Indigenous people in Chile and the rest of Latin America are socioeconomically disadvantaged; they have higher poverty and indigence levels than non-Indigenous people [48,49,50]. The disability-free life expectancy has been estimated for the total Chilean population and for older adults by sex, ...
Background: Chile has one of the highest life expectancies at 60 years in South America. This study was aimed to determine healthy life expectancies among Chilean older people, according to self-rated health and disability, and to explore gender differences. Methods: Data from the National Survey...
Estimating the life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment in an older adult population is critical for understanding the burden of illness on individuals and their families, the health care system, and society at large. This paper presents and compares estimates of life expectancy with and...
Low education was associated with increased prevalence of CI in Brazil [OR = 4.848 (1.173–20.044)], Chile [OR = 3.107 (1.098–8.793), Cuba [OR = 2.295 (1.247–4.225)] and Mexico [OR = 3.838 (1.368–10.765). For males, total life expectancy (TLE) at age 60 was highest in Cuba (...
Little is known about life expectancy (LE) with or without frailty. We aimed to estimate the total LE and duration of the state of frailty in China. This study included older adults aged 65 years and older from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longe
54 Chile 78.1 196 Ethiopia 56.6 60 Cuba 77.9 205 Uganda 53.5 62 Albania 77.6 212 Nigeriaa 52.0 65 Czech Republic 77.4 218 Afghanistan 49.7 69 Argentina 77.1 220 South Africa 49.4 Note: a Discussed in Chapter 13. Source: CIA. The world factbook. Country comparison, life expectancy at birth....
Over the last decade, social inequality in Korea have becomes intensified in multiple dimensions, which could impact on distribution of population health. Based on life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HLE), we examined the health inequality cross social groups by gender and education ...