Life expectancyMortalityMedicareSocial SecurityIn recent decades, the geographic origins of America's foreign-born population have become increasingly diverse. The sending countries of the U.S. foreign-born vary substantially in levels of health and economic development, and immigrants have arrived with ...
There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. Ernest Hemingway A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees...
It's hard to believe, but in 1901, the average life expectancy of a man living in the United States was only 47 years old. Women tended to live a little longer, with an average life expectancy of 50 years. In Michigan, residents lived to be a bit older in 1901. The average life e...
Self-rated health has often been used to compute “healthy life expectancy”, whereas “disability-free life expectancy”, is commonly computed using limitations with activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)4,5. Chronic conditions have been used to compute...
Healthy Life Expectancy in the EU Member States. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 33, July 2007. Revised version, originally published December 2006A shift in emphasis from increasing survival to improving both the length and quality of ... E Khoman,M Weale 被引量: 0发表: 2007年 European Network...
Life Expectancy Among U.S.-born and Foreign-born Older Adults in the United States: Estimates From Linked Social Security and Medicare DataLife Expectancy Among U.S.-born and Foreign-born Older Adults in the United States: Estimates From Linked Social Security and Medicare DataMehtaN...
The estimated life expectancy in a community cohort of Parkinson's disease patients with and without dementia, compared with the UK population. Ishihara-Paul, "The estimated life expectancy in a community cohort of Parkinson's disease patients with and without dementia, compared with the UK ... ...
“Being socially isolated is the equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes a day,” she explained, adding that isolation can reduce life expectancy by as much as 15 years. Citing Dr. Robert Waldinger, leader of the long-running Harvard Study of Adult Development, Whitman shared that adults who enjoy...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe trends in the age-standardised mortality rate and life expectancy of people with learning disabilities in Sheffield over three decades and to compare these with trends in the general population of England and Wales. Design/methodology/approach –...
healthy life expectancy;disability;occupational exposure;ageing;gender 1. Introduction Life expectancy has increased in most Western countries. This increase, together with lower fertility rates and maturing of the baby boomers, has resulted in ageing of the population [1]. To counteract the financial...