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. 2022 Apr 9;22:310. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03021-7

Table 2.

Life Expectancy and Active Life Expectancy by Initial BMI at Different Ages, U.S. Older Adults

Age Life expectancy Active life expectancy
under weight normal weight over weight obesity obesity subclass under weight normal weight over weight obesity obesity subclass
I II III I II III
65 16.9 19.1 19.6 19.2 19.5 19.1 18.3 10.3 12.3 12.3 11.1 11.8 11.3 9.7
67 15.2 17.5 18.1 17.7 18.0 17.6 16.7 9.1 11.1 11.2 10.0 10.7 10.1 8.7
69 13.7 16.1 16.6 16.2 16.5 16.1 15.2 8.0 9.9 10.0 8.9 9.5 9.0 7.6
71 12.2 14.6 15.2 14.8 15.0 14.7 13.7 6.9 8.8 8.9 7.8 8.4 7.9 6.7
73 10.9 13.3 13.8 13.4 13.7 13.4 12.4 5.9 7.7 7.8 6.8 7.3 6.8 5.7
75 9.7 11.9 12.5 12.1 12.3 12.0 11.2 5.0 6.7 6.7 5.8 6.3 5.8 4.9
77 8.6 10.7 11.2 10.9 11.0 10.8 10.0 4.2 5.7 5.7 4.9 5.3 4.9 4.1
79 7.6 9.5 10.0 9.7 9.8 9.6 8.9 3.5 4.8 4.8 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.4
81 6.6 8.4 8.9 8.6 8.7 8.5 7.9 2.8 4.0 3.9 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.7
83 5.8 7.4 7.8 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.0 2.3 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.2
85 5.0 6.5 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.1 1.8 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.7
87 4.4 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.3 1.3 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.3
89 3.8 4.9 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.5 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0
91 3.3 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.8 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8
93 2.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
95 2.4 3.3 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4

Standard errors of estimates are available in eTable 1