In 1992, I wrote an article on a method of modifying the Decennial US Life Table to accommodate any pattern of excess mortality expressed in terms of excess death rate (EDR), for the specific purpose of calculating the reduced life expectancy, e. I believe this was the first article published in the Journal of Insurance Medicine (JIM) that dealt specifically with life expectancy as an index of ...

Today, a woman has an excellent chance of surviving well into her 80s and, for those who survive to age 85 years, the remaining average life expectancy is an additional 6 years. Therefore, most women who reach age 85 can expect to pass age 90 (1). Life expectancy varies throughout the lifespan. The gap between men and women is actually largest at younger ages and gets smaller with increasing ag...

OBJECTIVES To compare life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in the Russian Federation and in countries of Eastern and Western Europe. METHODS WHO mortality data and data on self-reported health from the World Values Survey and the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey were used to compare the above three regions. Life expectancy was calculated using Sullivan's method, with years of lif...

BACKGROUND Survival after liver transplantation for early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is worsened by the increasing dropout rate while waiting for a donor. AIMS To assess the cost effectiveness of adjuvant therapy while waiting for liver transplantation in HCC patients. METHOD Using a Markov model, a hypothetical cohort of cirrhotic patients with early HCC was considered for: (1) adjuvan...

Background: Survival after liver transplantation for early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is worsened by the increasing dropout rate while waiting for a donor. Aims: To assess the cost effectiveness of adjuvant therapy while waiting for liver transplantation in HCC patients. Method: Using a Markov model, a hypothetical cohort of cirrhotic patients with early HCC was considered for: (1) adjuvant...

As pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survival rates approach > 95%, treatment decisions are increasingly based on minimizing late effects. Using a model-based approach, we explored whether the addition of radiotherapy contributes to improved overall long-term survival. We developed a state-transition model to simulate the lifetime HL clinical course, and we compared 2 treatment strategies: chemot...

This paper explores the role of geography in economic development and demographic transition. It presents a growth model where survival is endogenously determined and where the odds of survival and the returns to labor are higher in geographically favorable regions. Higher life expectancy prompts parents to devote more of their resources to old-age consumpion and enjoyment. Consequently, they i...

BACKGROUND Several studies have demonstrated that body habitus is associated with survival (life expectancy) time. We sought to determine if survival differed between elite athletes with a range of body types. We hypothesized that the survival would differ between athlete types and that ectomorph athletes would have longer survival than heavier athletes. METHODS For each Olympics between 1928...

Prostate cancer is the most common in men Poland. The choice of treatment method depends on many factors, including stage disease, patient's age, life expectancy, presence comorbidities and general condition patient. Hormone therapy one basic methods prostate treatment, both adjuvant palliative treatment. Castration-resistant an incurable disease. However, introduction new hormonal drugs to sig...