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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Sep 7;64(10):1952–1961. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14314

Table 2.

Mean Observed Years of Life (YoL), Years of Able Life (YAL), Years of Disability, and YAL/YoL% in Different Baseline Age Groups, for Women and Men.

Age at baseline N Mean observed
YoL (a)
Mean observed
YAL (b)
Mean Observed
Years of Disability
(a–b)
YAL/YoL%
(b/a*100)

Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI
Women(n=2992)
 65 to 69 years 1126 18.6 18.2, 19.0 14.2 13.8, 14.7 4.4 4.2, 4.6 72.9 71.6, 74.3
 70 to 74 years 930 15.7 15.3, 16.2 11.0 10.6, 11.4 4.7 4.5, 5.0 66.4 64.8, 68.1
 75 to 79 years 609 12.2 11.7, 12.7 7.7 7.3, 8.2 4.5 4.2, 4.8 59.6 57.5, 61.8
 80 to 84 years 241 10.1 9.5, 10.7 5.4 4.9, 5.9 4.7 4.3, 5.2 51.3 47.9, 54.7
  85+ years 86 7.6 6.6, 8.5 3.5 2.6, 4.3 4.1 3.4, 4.8 41.5 34.8, 48.2
Men (n=2256)
 65 to 69 years 690 15.7 15.1, 16.3 12.8 12.2, 13.4 2.9 2.7, 3.1 77.1 75.4, 78.7
 70 to 74 years 757 13.1 12.6, 13.6 10.1 9.6, 10.6 3.0 2.8, 3.2 73.3 71.7, 75.0
 75 to 79 years 462 10.3 9.8, 10.8 7.4 6.9, 7.8 2.9 2.7, 3.2 67.1 64.8, 69.4
 80 to 84 years 256 7.9 7.4, 8.5 5.1 4.6, 5.6 2.8 2.5, 3.2 60.1 56.8, 63.4
  85+ years 91 5.8 5.1, 6.6 3.3 2.7, 3.9 2.5 2.0, 3.0 53.7 47.5, 59.9

Abbreviations: CI, Confidence interval