Table 2.
Life Expectancy 2000 and 2010: total, with good cognition, with CIND, with dementia: Health and Retirement Study.
| Expectation of life in years |
Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2010 | Change 2010–2000 | 2000 | 2010 | Change 2010–2000 | |
| At age 65 | ||||||
| Total | 16.1 | 17.7 | 1.6 | 19.1 | 20.3 | 1.2 |
| With good cognition | 10.7 (10.4–10.9) | 12.5 (12.3–12.7) | 1.8* | 12.5 (12.3–12.7) | 14.1 (13.9–14.4) | 1.6* |
| CIND | 3.7 (3.5–3.9) | 3.7 (3.5–4.0) | 0.0 | 4.0 (3.8–4.2) | 3.9 (3.7–4.1) | −0.1 |
| Dementia | 1.8 (1.6–1.9) | 1.4 (1.3–1.6) | −0.4 | 2.6 (2.5–2.8) | 2.3 (2.1–2.4) | −0.3* |
| At age 85 | ||||||
| Total | 5.5 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| With good cognition | 2.1 (1.8–2.3) | 2.4 (2.2–2.6) | 0.3 | 2.0 (1.8–2.2) | 2.5 (2.3–2.7) | 0.5* |
| CIND | 1.8 (1.6–2.1) | 2.2 (1.9–2.4) | 0.4 | 2.2 (2.0–2.4) | 2.3 (2.1–2.5) | 0.1 |
| Dementia | 1.5 (1.3–1.8) | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) | −0.3 | 2.5 (2.2–2.7) | 2.2 (2.0–2.4) | −0.3 |
Note: Sum of life expectancy in states sometimes does not add to total expectation of life because of rounding.