TABLE 3.
Life Expectancy at Age 50 years With and Without All-Cause Mortality Attributable to Obesity, by Country and Sex: 2006
| e50 for Women |
e50 for Men |
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| Country | Actual | Without Obesity | Difference (95% CI) | Actual | Without Obesity | Difference (95% CI) |
| Estimates based on self-reported height and weight | ||||||
| Comparison countries | ||||||
| Austria | 33.96 | 34.67 | 0.71 (0.59, 1.07) | 29.39 | 30.39 | 1.00 (0.86, 1.23) |
| Belgium | 33.70 | 34.42 | 0.73 (0.61, 1.16) | 29.03 | 30.01 | 0.98 (0.82, 1.18) |
| Czech Republic | 31.24 | 32.25 | 1.01 (0.85, 1.40) | 26.04 | 27.38 | 1.34 (1.12, 1.57) |
| Denmark | 31.90 | 32.52 | 0.62 (0.52, 1.02) | 28.22 | 29.05 | 0.82 (0.68, 1.02) |
| France | 35.68 | 36.20 | 0.52 (0.43, 0.90) | 29.86 | 30.85 | 0.99 (0.82, 1.20) |
| Germany | 33.60 | 34.31 | 0.70 (0.60, 1.07) | 29.07 | 30.12 | 1.05 (0.85, 1.27) |
| Israel | 33.61 | 34.40 | 0.79 (0.61, 1.18) | 30.64 | 31.56 | 0.92 (0.71, 1.22) |
| Italy | 35.24 | 35.81 | 0.57 (0.49, 0.96) | 30.57 | 31.47 | 0.90 (0.73, 1.12) |
| Netherlands | 33.31 | 34.00 | 0.69 (0.59, 1.03) | 29.45 | 30.18 | 0.73 (0.61, 0.92) |
| Poland | 31.39 | 32.58 | 1.19 (1.02, 1.60) | 24.73 | 26.09 | 1.37 (1.21, 1.61) |
| Spain | 35.40 | 36.27 | 0.87 (0.72, 1.23) | 29.94 | 31.09 | 1.15 (0.95, 1.39) |
| Sweden | 34.10 | 34.73 | 0.63 (0.53, 1.01) | 30.45 | 31.17 | 0.72 (0.59, 0.92) |
| Switzerland | 35.33 | 35.83 | 0.50 (0.41, 0.84) | 31.14 | 31.93 | 0.79 (0.63, 0.99) |
| Average | 33.73 | 34.46 | 0.73 (0.63, 1.13) | 29.12 | 30.10 | 0.98 (0.86, 1.16) |
| United States | 32.95 | 34.23 | 1.28 (1.14, 1.70) | 29.20 | 30.81 | 1.61 (1.44, 1.82) |
| Estimates based on measured height and weight | ||||||
| Comparison countries | ||||||
| Canada | 34.50 | 35.66 | 1.15 (1.00, 1.51) | 30.72 | 32.09 | 1.37 (1.18, 1.59) |
| England | 33.31 | 34.54 | 1.23 (1.07, 1.60) | 29.84 | 31.18 | 1.34 (1.13, 1.53) |
| United States | 32.95 | 34.49 | 1.54 (1.37, 1.93) | 29.20 | 31.05 | 1.85 (1.62, 2.10) |
Note. BMI = body mass index (defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters); CI = confidence interval; e50 = life expectancy at age 50 years.
Source. Sources and years of data are as follows: United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, cycles 2003–2004, 2005–2006, and 2007–2008; Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, cycle 3.1 (2005); European countries excluding England, Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, wave 1 (2004) and refresher sample from wave 2 (2006–2007); England, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, wave 2 (2004–2005).