Fig. 1.

Change in total life expectancy (LE), health expectancy indicators based on self-perceived health (good: HLE, bad: BHLE), chronic morbidity (no: MFLE, yes: MLE), co-morbidity^a (no: DisFLE, 1: DisLE, 2+: ComLE) and disability (no: DFLE, moderate: MDLE, severe: SDLE) at age 65 and age 85, Belgium, 1997–2004. ^aDisease cluster: heart disease (myocardial infarction and severe heart problem), respiratory disease (asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, other longstanding lung disease), musculoskeletal disease (longstanding (longer than 3 months) back pain, disc problem, osteoarthritis knees, hips, hands, rheumatoid arthritis of hands or feet, other form of chronic inflammation of joints), cancer, neurological disease (epilepsy, dizziness with falling, stroke) and diabetes