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Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2015 Feb 7;50(6):939–949. doi: 10.1007/s00127-015-1019-0

Table 3.

Impact of depression on quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE)

Characteristics	Not depression		Depression		Difference
	QALE at age 18^a	SE	QALE at age 18^a	SE	QALE loss at age 18^b	SE
All	56.8	0.08	28.0	0.19	28.9	0.21
At ages
At 18	56.8	0.08	28.0	0.2	28.9	0.21
At 25	50.5	0.08	22.7	0.2	27.8	0.20
At 35	41.5	0.08	16.1	0.2	25.4	0.19
At 45	32.8	0.08	10.4	0.2	22.3	0.17
At 55	24.7	0.08	6.6	0.1	18.1	0.17
At 65	17.3	0.08	3.5	0.1	13.8	0.17
At 75	11.2	0.10	1.8	0.1	9.4	0.16
At 85	6.9	0.14	0.9	0.1	6.0	0.15
By sex
Men	55.2	0.10	25.6	0.33	29.6	0.35
Women	58.4	0.14	29.8	0.24	28.6	0.28
By race/ethnicity
White non-Hispanics	56.9	0.07	27.6	0.23	29.3	0.24
Black non-Hispanics	53.7	0.27	26.9	0.37	26.8	0.46
Hispanics	58.0	1.58	31.6	0.87	26.4	1.76
By sex and race/ethnicity
White non-Hispanic men	55.4	0.09	25.6	0.37	29.7	0.38
White non-Hispanic women	58.4	0.10	29.2	0.28	29.2	0.30
Black non-Hispanic men	51.0	0.35	24.9	0.66	26.0	0.72
Black non-Hispanic women	56.2	0.41	28.6	0.45	27.6	0.63
Hispanic men	59.1	0.84	28.2	1.25	30.8	1.48
Hispanic women	57.9	2.36	34.2	1.13	23.7	2.58

SE Standard error of estimate

QALE at age 18 years. For the eight ages, QALE at age 18, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, and 85 years, respectively

QALE loss due to depression at age 18 years. For the eight ages, QALE loss at age 18, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, and 85 years, respectively