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. 2021 Mar 11;21:176. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02126-9

Table 2.

Total life expectancy, disability-free life expectancy and disabled life expectancy for men and women, by socioeconomic position

High Medium Low
Men
 60 years
  TLE 22.2 (19.6–24.8) 18.4 (17.4–19.4) 17.3 (16.4–18.2)
  DFLE 19.4 (17.1–21.7) 15.4 (14.6–16.1) 14.2 (13.4–14.9)
  DLE 2.8 (1.5–4.0) 3.1 (2.7–3.4) 3.1 (2.7–3.6)
 70 years
  TLE 14.8 (12.4–17.2) 11.7 (11.2–12.2) 10.9 (10.0–11.7)
  DFLE 12.4 (10.5–14.3) 9.2 (8.8–9.6) 8.4–7.8-8.9)
  DLE 2.4 (1.3–3.4) 2.5 (2.2–2.8) 2.51 (2.1–3.0)
 80 years
  TLE 9.1 (7.2–10.9) 6.8 (6.3–7.3) 6.2 (5.7–6.7)
  DFLE 7.3 (6.0–8.6) 5.1 (4.7–5.4) 4.5 (4.1–4.9)
  DLE 1.8 (0.8–2.8) 1.7 (1.4–2.0) 1.7 (1.3–2.1)
Women
60 years
 TLE 27.2 (23.7–30.8) 22.7 (21.9–23.5) 21.6 (20.6–22.6)
 DFLE 21.4 (19.5–23.3) 16.5 (15.8–17.1) 15.3 (14.6–16.0)
 DLE 5.8 (3.2–8.5) 6.2 (5.7–6.8) 6.4 (5.5–7.3)
 70 years
  TLE 19.2 (16.3–22.0) 15.2 (14.4–16.0) 14.4 (13.3–15.4)
  DFLE 13.9 (11.9–15.9) 9.9 (9.5–10.3) 9.0 (8.4–9.6)
  DLE 5.2 (2.9–7.6) 5.3 (4.7–5.8) 5.3 (4.4–6.2)
 80 years
  TLE 12.5 (10.2–14.8) 9.4 (8.7–10.0) 8.9 (8.1–9.5)
  DFLE 8.3 (6.8–9.8) 5.5 (5.1–5.9) 4.9 (4.6–5.3)
  DLE 4.2 (1.9–6.4) 3.9 (3.3–4.5) 3.9 (3.3–4.4)

TLE total life expectancy; DFLE disability-free life expectancy; DLE disabled life expectancy