Table 1.
Expected years and percentage of remaining life expectancy taking key prescription drugsa for survivors to each age, by sex and year
| Expected Years Taking Prescription Drugs |
Percentage of Remaining Life Expectancy Taking Prescription Drugs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
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| Age | 1996 | 2019 | Changeb | 1996 | 2019 | Changeb | 1996 | 2019 | Changeb | 1996 | 2019 | Changeb |
| 0 | 34.89 | 36.84 | 1.95 | 48.01 | 47.54 | −0.46 | 47.7 | 48.1 | 0.4 | 60.6 | 58.2 | −2.4 |
| 1 | 34.94 | 36.83 | 1.89 | 48.05 | 47.66 | −0.39 | 48.1 | 48.4 | 0.3 | 61.0 | 58.8 | −2.2 |
| 5 | 33.45 | 35.98 | 2.53 | 46.90 | 47.04 | 0.13 | 48.6 | 49.9 | 1.3 | 62.6 | 60.9 | −1.7 |
| 10 | 32.02 | 34.70 | 2.68 | 45.87 | 46.17 | 0.30 | 50.1 | 51.7 | 1.5 | 65.6 | 63.9 | −1.7 |
| 15 | 30.54 | 33.40 | 2.86 | 44.71 | 44.98 | 0.27 | 51.8 | 53.7 | 1.9 | 68.8 | 66.9 | −1.9 |
| 20 | 29.26 | 32.25 | 2.99 | 42.86 | 43.01 | 0.15 | 53.9 | 56.2 | 2.2 | 71.3 | 69.0 | −2.3 |
| 25 | 28.09 | 31.38 | 3.29 | 40.26 | 40.87 | 0.61 | 56.6 | 59.4 | 2.9 | 72.8 | 71.1 | −1.8 |
| 30 | 26.72 | 30.33 | 3.60 | 37.29 | 38.48 | 1.20 | 59.4 | 62.9 | 3.5 | 73.9 | 73.0 | −0.9 |
| 35 | 25.05 | 29.11 | 4.05 | 34.51 | 36.09 | 1.58 | 62.0 | 66.7 | 4.7 | 75.6 | 75.3 | −0.3 |
| 40 | 23.56 | 27.57 | 4.01 | 31.73 | 33.48 | 1.75 | 65.6 | 70.5 | 4.8 | 77.6 | 77.5 | −0.1 |
| 45 | 21.84 | 25.73 | 3.90 | 29.09 | 30.88 | 1.79 | 69.4 | 74.3 | 4.9 | 80.3 | 80.1 | −0.2 |
| 50 | 19.69 | 23.68 | 3.99 | 26.02 | 28.10 | 2.07 | 72.4 | 78.2 | 5.7 | 82.2 | 82.7 | 0.5 |
| 55 | 17.55 | 21.39 | 3.84 | 22.62 | 25.07 | 2.45 | 76.2 | 81.9 | 5.7 | 83.1 | 84.9 | 1.8 |
| 60 | 15.22 | 18.95 | 3.73 | 19.23 | 22.03 | 2.80 | 79.4 | 85.3 | 5.9 | 83.5 | 87.2 | 3.7 |
| 65 | 12.74 | 16.46 | 3.71 | 16.00 | 18.88 | 2.88 | 81.5 | 88.7 | 7.2 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 5.3 |
| 70 | 10.28 | 13.60 | 3.33 | 12.84 | 15.59 | 2.74 | 82.6 | 90.0 | 7.4 | 83.3 | 90.2 | 7.0 |
| 75 | 7.89 | 10.67 | 2.78 | 10.16 | 12.39 | 2.23 | 82.1 | 89.9 | 7.8 | 84.1 | 90.9 | 6.8 |
| 80 | 5.74 | 8.10 | 2.36 | 7.77 | 9.46 | 1.69 | 80.6 | 89.8 | 9.2 | 85.8 | 91.3 | 5.5 |
| 85 | 4.12 | 5.90 | 1.78 | 5.67 | 6.86 | 1.18 | 79.2 | 88.9 | 9.7 | 86.4 | 90.5 | 4.2 |
Source: Data are from the author’s calculations based on the MEPS and the HMD, 1996 and 2019.
a
Key prescription drugs are antineoplastics, biologicals and immunologic agents, cardiovascular agents, CNS agents, coagulation modifiers, gastrointestinal agents, genitourinary tract agents, hormones and hormone modifiers, respiratory agents, psychotherapeutic agents, and metabolic agents.
b
Change is calculated as expected years (or percentage of remaining life expectancy) taking prescription drugs in 2019 – expected years (or percentage of remaining life expectancy) taking prescription drugs in 1996.