Healthy Life Expectancy Flashcards
1
Q
Define ‘health expectancy’.
A
The number of remaining years, at a particular age, which an individual can expect to live in a healthy state.
2
Q
What is health expectancy also referred to as?
A
Disability Free life expectancy (DFLE).
3
Q
Which pieces of data do we collect to measure health expectancy?
A
- Age-specific prevalence of the population in healthy and unhealthy states
- Age-specific mortality rates
4
Q
Why do we use 5 year age groups?
A
Sample sizes in survey used to derived prevalence in
healthy and unhealthy states.
5
Q
What is necessary in order to compare health expectancies?
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