Table 4. Life expectancy, number of years lived in different states of mobility limitation (95%CI), and proportion of years lived with mobility limitation to life expectancy at age 60 for Thai males by regions, 2009.

Regions	Life expectancy	Years lived			% of years lived with mobility limitation to life expectancy
		free of mobility limitation*	with mobility limitation (any severity)**	with severe mobility limitation***	any severity	severe limitation
Bangkok	18.71 [1]	15.45 (14.62–16.27) [4]	3.27 (2.44–4.09) [1]	1.37 (0.72–2.02) [2]	17	7
Central	19.38 [4]	16.06 (15.56–16.55) [5]	3.32 (2.83–3.82) [2]	0.85 (0.57–1.13) [1]	17	4
North	18.82 [2]	13.91 (13.40–14.43) [2]	4.90 (4.39–5.42) [3]	2.18 (1.64–2.48) [4]	26	12
NorthEast	18.90 [3]	12.85 (12.31–13.39) [1]	6.05 (5.51–6.59) [5]	2.06 (1.64–2.48) [3]	32	11
South	19.97 [5]	14.93 (14.36–15.49) [3]	5.05 (4.48–5.62) [4]	2.31 (1.87–2.75) [5]	25	12

[rank between regions, 1 = lowest, 5 = highest]

*significant differences between the North East and the Central (p<0.05),

**significant differences between Bangkok and the North East (p<0.05),

***significant differences between the Central and the South (p<0.05)