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. 2011 Nov;101(11):2137–2143. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300219

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
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).