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) |