Estimation of Life Expectancy by Mathematical Models

Life expectancy estimation in prostate cancer patients.

Estimation of life expectancy, loss-of-life expectancy, and lifetime healthcare expenditures for schizophrenia in Taiwan

By employing a novel semi-parametric extrapolation method, the life expectancies after the first hospitalization for schizophrenia and the associated lifetime healthcare expenditures were both estimated. Based on the linkage between the National Health Insurance Research Database and the National Mortality Registry of Taiwan, we have established a schizophrenic cohort for 2000-2010 and followed...

Evaluation of methodologies for small area life expectancy estimation.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate methods for calculating life expectancy in small areas, for example, English electoral wards. DESIGN The Monte Carlo method was used to simulate the distribution of life expectancy (and its standard error) estimates for 10 alternative life table models. The models were combinations of Chiang or Silcocks methodology, 5 or 10 year age intervals, and a final age inter...

Life Expectancy

Disability-free life expectancy by health region.

OBJECTIVES This article presents a profile of variations in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by health region. DATA SOURCES Mortality data for 1995 through 1997 are from the Canadian Vital Statistics Database. Estimates of disability (major activity limitations) and sociodemographic characteristics are based on data from the 1996 Census. Supplementary information was provided by the Dem...