BACKGROUND In Japan, life expectancy at birth is currently the highest in the world. However, recent trends in disability-free life expectancy in Japan have not been examined. METHODS We used data from Japanese national surveys for the period 1995-2004. These surveys included information on activity status measured by common self-reported instruments. The numbers of expected years with and wi...

Purpose of the study Life expectancy (LE) is an important health indicator that informs decisions both by individuals and public policymakers. The pattern of the HIV epidemic and LE varies by country. Previous estimates of LE in HIVinfected populations have included few UK patients[1]. We assess time trends, sex-differences and the impact of delayed treatment on LE in treated HIV patients in th...

Recent health care policy reforms proposed by President Obama have prompted an increased interest in the efficiency of the US health care system. Looking at total health expenditure and life expectancy alone, the President has good reason to be hasty in his desire for change. Comparing the US to 18 other Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries at similar lev...

BACKGROUND The evidence on the association between politics and health is scarce considering the importance of this topic for population health. Studies that investigated the effect of different political regimes on health outcomes show inconsistent results. METHODS Bayesian time-series cross-section analyses are used to examine the overall impact of regional politics on variations in Italian...

I was attracted to medicine because it affords the opportunity to integrate science and humanism in service to others. And I became attracted to a career in research when I realized that the application of the scientific method to alleviate suffering from disease is one of our species’ proudest achievements. I feel privileged to be able to participate in this process and recognize that it carri...

Previous research has derived bounds on the remaining life expectancy function e(x) that connect survivorship and at two age values therefore can be used to, among other things, estimate birth when popul

OBJECTIVE It is well established that serious mental illness is associated with raised mortality, yet few studies have looked at the life expectancy of people with personality disorder (PD). This study aims to examine the life expectancy and relative mortality in people with PD within secondary mental health care. METHODS We set out to examine this using a large psychiatric case register in s...

Background and aims: Recent studies on mortality in Iran, in recent years clearly emphasize that unintentional injuries are the main cause of reducing Iranian life expectancy in Iran. This article aimed to assess the role of major causes of death for mortality patterns in the country by sex in 2010. Methods: Experimental results of this study are based on...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of immigration on life expectancy in Australia for the period from 1981 to 2003, and to compare life expectancy of the Australian-born population with that of other countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). METHODS Standard life-table methods using age-specific all-cause mortality and population data from 1981 to 2003 we...

Life Expectancy (UHH) is one indicator of the health status assessment population for government programs successful. at birth defined as average estimated length life a person that can live from birth. affected by environment, food availability, education, policy, community’s economy, and so on. In this study, factors model will be conducted, affects expectancy all Indonesia’s provinces involv...