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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2008 Jun;20(4):456–477. doi: 10.1177/0898264308315857

Table 2.

Life Expectancy (LE) With and Without Cognitive Impairment

Age Total LE Cognitively
Intact LE
LE With
Impairment
Percentage
Total LE With
Impairment
Total sample
    70 14.41 (14.10–14.72) 13.12 (12.83–13.41) 1.29 (1.19–1.39) 9.0%
    80 8.50 (8.27–8.73) 7.13 (6.92–7.34) 1.37 (1.25–1.49) 16.1%
    90 4.63 (4.39–4.88) 3.12 (2.90–3.34) 1.51 (1.32–1.70) 32.6%
Low education
    70 13.24 (12.77–13.72) 11.61 (11.16–12.07) 1.63 (1.45–1.80) 12.3%
    80 8.01 (7.71–8.31) 6.33 (6.05–6.60) 1.68 (1.51–1.85) 21.0%
    90 4.6 (4.28–4.92) 2.87 (2.58–3.16) 1.73 (1.47–2.00) 37.6%
High education
    70 15.08 (14.67–15.49) 14.06 (13.67–14.45) 1.02 (0.90–1.15) 6.8%
    80 8.82 (8.47–9.17) 7.72 (7.40–8.04) 1.1 (0.94–1.26) 12.5%
    90 4.65 (4.28–5.02) 3.41 (3.06–3.75) 1.24 (0.98–1.51) 26.7%

Note: Confidence intervals given in parentheses.