Active Life Expectancy for People over 65 Years Old in a Local City in the Northern Part of Tohoku District
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
; : 192-196, 2001.
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ABSTRACT
Life expectancy does not necessarily match quality of life (QOL). A cohort study involving a population of 10,107 in a certain city of Japan was conducted to evaluate active life expectancy (ALE), which has a direct relationship with QOL. The ALE that took functional recovery rates into account was 17.20 and 19.08 years for males and females respectively, at the age of 65. These values increased by 2.98 and 3.87 years for men and women, respectively, compared with when functional recovery rates were not considered. ALE may serve as an indicator for the objective evaluation of various public health services provided by local governments.
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Expectativa de Vida
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Cidades
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Ja
Revista:
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2001
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Article