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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 4.

Total life expectancy, diabetes-free life expectancy, and diabetes life expectancy of female population according to age based on self-reported diabetes from SABE, 2000 and MHAS, 2001 – Seven major cities in Latin America and the Caribbean and Mexico (weighted estimates)

Buenos Aires Bridgetown São Paulo Santiago Havana Mexico City Montevideo Mexico
Total life expectancy in years
 60–64 22.1 22.8 21.9 24.0 22.0 22.1 22.9 22.3
 65–69 18.0 19.0 18.1 19.9 18.1 18.3 18.9 18.5
 70–74 14.1 15.3 14.6 16.0 14.4 14.7 15.2 15.1
 75–79 10.5 12.1 11.4 12.6 11.1 11.6 11.8 12.0
 80–84 7.2 9.4 8.6 9.4 8.3 8.9 8.9 9.2
 85+ 4.9 7.0 6.6 7.0 5.6 6.6 6.5 6.8
Diabetes life expectancy in years
 60–64 2.5 5.4 4.0 3.3 4.5 4.6 3.1 4.1
 65–69 2.2 4.4 3.3 2.7 3.8 3.9 2.6 3.4
 70–74 1.7 3.7 2.5 2.1 3.1 3.0 2.0 2.6
 75–79 1.2 2.8 1.9 1.4 2.5 2.4 1.3 2.0
 80–84 0.9 1.7 1.4 1.0 1.8 1.6 0.6 1.5
 85+ 0.7 1.4 1.0 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.7
Diabetes-free life expectancy in years
 60–64 19.6 17.4 17.9 20.7 17.6 17.5 19.9 18.3
 65–69 15.8 14.6 14.8 17.2 14.2 14.4 16.4 15.1
 70–74 12.4 11.6 12.1 13.9 11.4 11.8 13.2 12.5
 75–79 9.3 9.3 9.5 11.2 8.6 9.2 10.5 10.0
 80–84 6.4 7.7 7.2 8.4 6.5 7.3 8.3 7.6
 85+ 4.2 5.6 5.6 6.5 4.6 5.6 6.1 6.2

Source: SABE and MHAS 2001 (24, 27)