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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2009 Jul;26(1):9–16. doi: 10.1590/s1020-49892009000700002

TABLE 2.

Total life expectancy, diabetes-free life expectancy (DFLE) and diabetes life expectancy (DLE) at 60 years of age, by sex, based on self-reported diabetes from SABE, 2000 and MHAS, 2001 (weighted estimates)

Sex and geographic area Total life expectancy at age 60 (e 60) Diabetes life expectancy (DLE 60) Diabetes-free life expectancy (DFLE 60) Standard error of DFLE
Males
 Buenos Aires (Argentina) 17.4 2.4 15.0 0.01
 Bridgetown (Barbados) 17.6 3.4 14.2 0.29
 São Paulo (Brazil) 17.2 2.9 14.3 0.01
 Santiago (Chile) 19.9 2.3 17.6 0.22
 Havana (Cuba) 18.4 1.3 17.1 0.01
 Mexico City (Mexico) 20.3 4.5 15.8 0.01
 Montevideo (Uruguay) 17.6 2.1 15.5 0.01
 Mexico 20.4 2.9 17.5 0.13
Females
 Buenos Aires (Argentina) 22.1 2.5 19.6 0.01
 Bridgetown (Barbados) 22.8 5.4 17.4 0.32
 São Paulo (Brazil) 21.9 4.0 17.9 0.01
 Santiago (Chile) 24.0 3.3 20.7 0.23
 Havana (Cuba) 22.0 4.5 17.6 0.02
 Mexico City (Mexico) 22.1 4.6 17.5 0.01
 Montevideo (Uruguay) 22.9 3.1 19.9 0.01
 Mexico 22.3 4.1 18.3 0.01

Source: SABE and MHAS, 2001 (24, 27)