Table 2.
Percentage of life expectancy at age 50 years spent with specific diseases and relative increase over the decade in Spain, 1997-2000 (centered in 1999) and 2007-2010 (centered in 2009)
| Condition | Females at age 50 years | Males at age 50 years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2009 | Relative rise ± (%) | 1999 | 2009 | Relative rise ± (%) | |
| Cardiovascular diseases | ||||||
| Myocardial infarction | 2.06 | 2.31 | 12.2 | 7.66 | 8.54 | 11.5 |
| Heart failure | 3.72 | 4.50 | 21.1 | 5.00 | 6.24 | 24.7 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 6.09 | 6.08 | −0.2 | 10.82 | 11.29 | 4.3 |
| Cancers | ||||||
| Bladder cancer | 0.40 | 0.58 | 45.1 | 3.63 | 4.76 | 31.0 |
| Prostate cancer | 2.13 | 3.87 | 81.8 | |||
| Breast cancer | 3.43 | 3.82 | 11.6 | |||
| Lung cancer | 0.35 | 0.65 | 84.7 | 4.94 | 4.89 | −0.9 |
| Colon cancer | 1.10 | 1.42 | 29.7 | 1.17 | 276 | 136.4 |
| Total life expectancy | 33.98 | 35.85 | 5.5 | 28.32 | 30.51 | 7.7 |