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. 2011 May 24;11:378. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-378

Table 3.

Total life expectancy at age 55 and years lived with and without disability.

Calculations without time to death Calculations with time to death
Total life expectancy Years without
disability
Years with
disability
Years without
disability
Years with
disability
Normal weight 26.0 (25.6 - 26.5) 22.9 (22.4 - 23.3) 3.2 (2.8 - 3.5) 23.8 (23.3 - 24.3) 2.3 (2.0 - 2.6)
Overweight 26.3 (25.8 - 26.8) 22.5 (22.0 - 23.0) 3.8 (3.4 - 4.3) 23.6 (23.0 - 24.1) 2.7 (2.4 - 3.1)
Obese 24.9 (23.8 - 26.1) 18.9 (17.9 - 19.9) 5.9 (5.1 - 6.9) 20.5 (19.5 - 21.6) 4.3 (3.7 - 5.0)
Variation by BMI 1.4 (0.1 - 2.9) 4.0 (2.8 - 5.2) 2.8 (1.9 - 3.8) 3.3 (1.9 - 4.4) 2.1 (1.4 - 2.7)
Never smoker 27.6 (26.9 - 28.5) 23.8 (23.1 - 24.5) 3.8 (3.4 - 4.4) 24.9 (24.2 - 25.7) 2.7 (2.3 - 3.1)
Former smoker 26.2 (25.8 - 26.8) 22.2 (21.7 - 22.7) 4.0 (3.6 - 4.5) 23.4 (22.8 - 23.9) 2.8 (2.5 - 3.2)
Current smoker 23.6 (23.1 - 24.3) 19.8 (19.2 - 20.4) 3.8 (3.3 - 4.4) 20.9 (20.3 - 21.5) 2.7 (2.3 - 3.2)
Variation by smoking 4.0 (2.8 - 5.2) 3.9 (2.9 - 4.9) 0.2 (-0.5 - 0.8) 4.0 (2.9 - 5.1) 0.1 (-0.4 - 0.6)
1-14 alc cons/wk 27.0 (26.7 - 27.4) 23.9 (23.5 - 24.3) 3.1 (2.8 - 3.5) 24.8 (24.3 - 25.2) 2.2 (1.9 - 2.6)
>14 alc cons/wk 25.6 (24.3 - 26.9) 22.5 (21.2 - 23.6) 3.1 (2.4 - 4.2) 23.3 (22.1 - 24.5) 2.3 (1.7 - 2.9)
Non drinker 24.1 (23.5 - 24.6) 19.3 (18.7 - 19.9) 4.8 (4.3 - 5.2) 20.6 (20.0 - 21.2) 3.4 (3.1 - 3.8)
Variation by alcohol 3.0 (2.1 - 3.9) 4.6 (3.8 - 5.4) 1.6 (1.0 - 2.2) 4.2 (3.3 - 5.0) 1.2 (0.8 - 1.6)