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. 2024 May 24;79(8):gbae093. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbae093

Table 3.

Average Expectancies at Age 60, by Country and Sex, Based on Data From the Costa Rican Study on Longevity and Health Aging, the Mexican Health and Aging Study, and the Health and Retirement Study

Country Sex Destination state Average expectancy Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI % of total life expectancya
Costa Rica Male 0 disease 6.2 5.5 7.0 25.6
1 disease 6.6 5.6 7.5 26.9
Disability-free multimorbidity 6.0 5.1 6.9 24.8
Disabling multimorbidity 5.5 4.2 6.9 22.7
Multimorbidity-free life expectancy 12.8 11.1 14.5 52.5
Multimorbid life expectancy 11.5 9.3 13.8 47.5
Life expectancy 24.3 22.9 25.8 100.0
Female 0 disease 2.5 1.9 3.0 9.9
1 disease 7.5 6.6 8.5 29.9
Disability-free multimorbidity 6.6 5.7 7.4 26.1
Disabling multimorbidity 8.6 7.2 10.0 34.2
Multimorbidity-free life expectancy 10.0 8.5 11.5 39.8
Multimorbid life expectancy 15.2 12.9 17.4 60.2
Life expectancy 25.1 23.3 26.9 100.0
Mexico Male 0 disease 4.9 4.4 5.5 21.4
1 disease 6.6 5.8 7.3 28.7
Disability-free multimorbidity 7.0 6.2 7.7 30.5
Disabling multimorbidity 4.4 3.6 5.3 19.4
Multimorbidity-free life expectancy 11.5 10.2 12.8 50.1
Multimorbid life expectancy 11.4 9.8 13 49.9
Life expectancy 22.9 21.8 24 100.0
Female 0 disease 2.5 2.3 2.8 9.9
1 disease 5.6 5.2 6.1 22.1
Disability-free multimorbidity 9.3 8.6 9.9 36.6
Disabling multimorbidity 7.9 7.0 8.9 31.3
Multimorbidity-free life expectancy 8.1 7.5 8.9 32.1
Multimorbid life expectancy 17.2 15.6 18.8 67.9
Life expectancy 25.4 24.4 26.3 100.0
United States Male 0 disease 1.4 1.3 1.5 6.8
1 disease 3.2 3.0 3.3 15.3
Disability-free multimorbidity 11.9 11.6 12.2 57.0
Disabling multimorbidity 4.4 4.1 4.6 20.9
Multimorbidity-free life expectancy 4.6 4.3 4.8 22.1
Multimorbid life expectancy 16.3 15.7 16.8 77.9
Life expectancy 20.8 20.5 21.2 100.0
Female 0 disease 1.3 1.2 1.4 5.6
1 disease 3.3 3.1 3.4 14.1
Disability-free multimorbidity 11.1 10.9 11.4 48.1
Disabling multimorbidity 7.4 7.2 7.7 32.2
Multimorbidity-free life expectancy 4.6 4.3 4.8 19.7
Multimorbid life expectancy 18.5 18.1 19.1 80.3
Total life expectancy 23.1 22.8 23.4 100.0

Notes: CI = Confidence interval.

aThe percent of total life expectancy calculated here is based on unrounded average expectancies and thus may differ slightly from percentages based on the rounded average expectancies presented in the table.