Table 4.

Life expectancy (LE) and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) at birth for Ontario, Canada, 1996–1997, before and after eliminating diabetes mellitus (DM)

Expectancies at birth	Men (95% confidence interval)	Women (95% confidence interval)
Life expectancy before eliminating DM (years)	76.2 (76.1 – 76.2)	81.4 (81.3 – 81.5)
HALE before eliminating DM (years)	68.9 (68.7 – 69.2)	72.2 (71.9 – 72.5)
DM-eliminated LE (years)	78.9 (78.8 – 79.0)	84.1 (84.0 – 84.1)
DM-eliminated HALE (years)	71.6 (71.3 – 71.9)	75.4 (75.1 – 75.7)
Gain in LE (years)	2.8 (2.7 – 2.9)	2.6 (2.5 – 2.8)
Gain in HALE (years)	2.7 (2.3 – 3.1)	3.2 (2.8 – 3.6)