Table 4.

Life expectancy (LE) and life expectancy without mobility difficulties and without difficulty washing oneself (DFLE) for men and women at age 65 based on ESPS (1988–1991; 1992–1995; 1996–1998; 2000–2002), and confidence intervals at 95% (CI)

	Men				Women
	1988–1991	1992–1995	1996–1998	2000–2002	1988–1991	1994–1995	1996–1998	2000–2002
LE	15.6	16.2	16.3	16.9	19.9	20.7	20.9	21.4
Without mobility difficulties. all levels of severity
DFLE	11.6	12.3	12.6	12.9	13.9	14.2	14.0	14.7
CI	11.4–11.9	12.1–12.6	12.4–12.9	12.6–13.1	13.5–14.3	13.8–14.7	13.5–14.5	14.3–15.2
%DFLE/LE	75	76	77	76	70	69	67	69
Without severe mobility difficulties
DFLE	14.1	14.7	15.1	15.5	17.4	18.0	18.4	18.8
CI	14.0–14.2	14.6–14.9	14.9–15.2	15.4–15.6	17.2–17.6	17.8–18.2	18.1–18.6	18.5–19.0
%DFLE/LE	91	91	92	92	87	87	88	88
Without washing difficulties
DFLE	13.2	14.4	14.3	15.4	16.2	17.1	17.0	18.3
CI	13.0–13.4	14.3–14.6	14.2–14.5	15.3–15.5	16.0–16.5	16.9–17.4	16.7–17.3	18.0–18.5
%DFLE/LE	85	89	88	91	81	83	82	86

Change in the response rate in the ESPS surveys in 2002 leads to caution in interpretation of trends over time (Auvray et al. 2003)