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. 2014 Sep 20;13:74. doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0074-6

Table 3.

Disability-free life expectancy (DFLE), absolute differences in DFLE, life expectancy with disability (LED), and percentage of life spent disability free (%DFLE) by sex, level of deprivation and period, and absolute change in the disability-free life expectancy

1999-2003 2004-2008 Abs. change
Deprivation index (Quintiles) DFLE (CI 95%) Abs. diff DFLE (CI 95%) LED % DFLE DFLE (CI 95%) Abs. diff DFLE (CI 95%) LED % DFLE DFLE (CI 95%)
Men
1 (Least deprived) 71.6 (70.7-72.6) Reference 6.2 92.0 73.9 (73.0-74.8) Reference 5.3 93.3 2.3 (0.4-4.1)
2 71.8 (71.0-72.6) −0.2 (−2.0-1.6) 5.1 93.4 72.6 (71.8-73.5) 1.3 (−0.5-3.0) 5.7 92.7 0.8 (−0.9-2.5)
3 70.0 (69.1-70.9) 1.6 (−0.2-3.5) 6.5 91.6 71.5 (70.5-72.5) 2.4 (0.5-4.2) 6.5 91.6 1.6 (−0.3-3.5)
4 69.7 (68.8-70.6) 1.9 (0.1-3.8) 6.3 91.7 69.6 (68.6-70.7) 4.3 (2.3-6.2) 8.2 89.5 −0.1 (−2.0-1.9)
5 (Most deprived) 66.3 (65.3-67.3) 5.3 (3.4-7.3) 8.5 88.7 67.2 (66.2-68.3) 6.7 (4.7-8.6) 9.1 88.0 0.9 (−1.1-3.0)
Women
1 (Least deprived) 77.6 (76.7-78.6) Reference 6.7 92.0 79.2 (78.4-80.1) Reference 6.3 92.7 1.6 (−0.2-3.4)
2 77.3 (76.5-78.1) 0.4 (−1.4-2.1) 6.9 91.9 76.9 (75.8-77.7) 2.5 (0.7-4.3) 8.5 90.0 −0.5 (−2.3-1.2)
3 76.5 (75.4-77.6) 1.2 (−0.9-3.2) 7.6 91.0 76.0 (74.8-77.0) 3.4 (1.4-5.3) 9.5 88.9 −0.6 (−2.8-1.6)
4 74.9 (74.0-75.8) 2.8 (0.9-4.6) 8.7 89.6 77.5 (76.5-78.5) 1.8 (−0.1-3.6) 7.4 91.2 2.6 (0.7-4.5)
5 (Most deprived) 73.3 (72.3-74.3) 4.4 (2.4-6.3) 10.0 88.0 75.6 (74.3-76.9) 3.7 (1.5-5.8) 9.2 89.2 2.3 (0.0-4.6)