Table 4.

Total and ADL disability-free life expectancy by level of private religious activity, sex and selected ages, with 95 % confidence intervals in parentheses

	Level of religious activity
	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never	No affiliation
Males
N	300	722	372	193	200
Total life expectancy
Age 55	23.8 (22.8–24.9)	22.8 (21.2–24.4)	22.1 (20.3–23.8)	21.6 (19.6–23.7)	22.7 (20.9–24.4)
Age 65	15.8 (14.9–16.6)	14.9 (13.6–16.2)	14.2 (12.8–15.6)	14.0 (12.3–15.6)	14.3 (12.9–15.8)
Age 75	9.3 (8.6–10.0)	8.7 (7.7–9.7)	8.2 (7.2–9.2)	8.1 (6.9–9.2)	7.9 (6.9–9.0)
Age 85	4.9 (4.4–5.5)	4.6 (4.0–5.3)	4.3 (3.7–4.9)	4.2 (3.5–5.0)	4.1 (3.4–4.8)
ADL disability-free expectancy
Age 55	22.3 (21.3–23.2)	21.0 (19.6–22.5)	20.3 (18.7–21.9)	19.9 (18.0–21.9)	21.3 (19.7–22.9)
Age 65	14.2 (13.4–15.0)	13.1 (11.9–14.3)	12.5 (11.2–13.8)	12.3 (10.8–13.9)	13.0 (11.7–14.3)
Age 75	7.8 (7.1–8.4)	6.9 (6.0–7.8)	6.5 (5.5–7.4)	6.6 (5.4–7.7)	6.7 (5.8–7.6)
Age 85	3.5 (3.0–4.0)	2.9 (2.3–3.6)	2.7 (2.0–3.3)	2.9 (2.1–3.6)	3.0 (2.4–3.5)
Females
N	435	767	388	199	162
Total life expectancy
Age 55	27.6 (26.5–28.7)	26.9 (25.1–28.7)	25.6 (23.8–27.4)	24.3 (22.4–26.2)*	25.6 (23.7–27.6)
Age 65	18.9 (17.9–19.8)	18.3 (16.6–19.9)	17.1 (15.5–18.7)	16.0 (14.4–17.6)*	17.1 (15.3–18.8)
Age 75	11.5 (10.6–12.4)	11.1 (9.7–12.5)	10.1 (8.9–11.4)	9.5 (8.3–10.7)	10.3 (8.7–11.8)
Age 85	6.3 (5.6–7.1)	6.2 (5.0–7.3)	5.5 (4.5–6.5)	5.1 (4.3–5.9)	5.9 (4.6–7.3)
ADL disability-free expectancy
Age 55	23.8 (22.8–24.7)	22.5 (21.0–24.1)	21.5 (19.8–23.2)	20.3 (18.2–22.4)*	22.6 (21.0–24.2)
Age 65	15.1 (14.3–15.9)	14.0 (12.6–15.4)	13.0 (11.6–14.5)	12.2 (10.4–14.0)*	14.2 (12.8–15.6)
Age 75	8.0 (7.2–8.7)	7.1 (6.0–8.2)	6.4 (5.2–7.5)	6.0 (4.6–7.3)	7.6 (6.5–8.7)
Age 85	3.2 (2.6–3.7)	2.6 (1.9–3.3)	2.3 (1.5–3.0)	2.1 (1.3–3.0)	3.7 (2.8–4.6)

* Statistical significance comparing the “never” group with the “often” group using the following criteria: confidence intervals bounding the “never” group do not overlap with confidence intervals bounding the “often” group