Table 1.

Lifetime risk of seven diseases, and gain in population-wide life expectancy from eliminating each one (95% confidence intervals in parentheses)

Disease/Condition for Intervention*	Lifetime Risk/Percentage of Population Affected	LE gain for the entire population†	LE gain for the sub-population affected by the intervention
Cancer	39.2% (38.8 – 39.6)	1.09 (1.08 – 1.10)	2.75 (2.71 – 2.79)
CHF	36.2% (35.9 – 36.4)	0.70 (0.69 – 0.71)	1.92 (1.91 – 1.93)
Diabetes	57.4% (56.8 – 58.0)	1.13 (1.11 – 1.15)	1.96 (1.93 – 2.00)
High Blood Pressure	89.0% (88.8 – 89.3)	0.64 (0.63 – 0.65)	0.72 (0.70 – 0.73)
Lung Disease	27.8% (27.4 – 28.3)	0.74 (0.73 – 0.75)	2.63 (2.57 – 2.68)
Obesity	42.1% (40.9 – 43.2)	0.59 (0.56 – 0.61)	1.39 (1.34 – 1.44)
Stroke	37.5% (37.3 – 37.7)	0.51 (0.51 – 0.52)	1.36 (1.35 – 1.37)

^*The intervention eliminates the disease or condition

^†Entire population refers to the cohort of 51-52 year old in the year 2016 Source: The Future Elderly Model Simulation