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

Table 3.

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

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
Men
 65 16.0 17.3 18.3 17.9 18.2 17.7 16.5 10.1 11.4 12.1 11.0 11.6 10.9 9.2
 67 14.2 15.9 16.9 16.4 16.7 16.3 15.0 8.8 10.4 11.0 9.9 10.5 9.8 8.3
 69 12.5 14.5 15.4 15.0 15.3 14.9 13.6 7.6 9.3 9.9 8.9 9.4 8.7 7.4
 71 11.0 13.2 14.1 13.7 13.9 13.5 12.4 6.5 8.2 8.8 7.8 8.3 7.7 6.5
 73 9.6 11.9 12.8 12.4 12.5 12.2 11.2 5.5 7.2 7.7 6.8 7.2 6.6 5.7
 75 8.5 10.7 11.5 11.1 11.3 11.0 10.2 4.6 6.3 6.6 5.8 6.1 5.7 4.9
 77 7.4 9.5 10.3 9.9 10.1 9.8 9.1 3.8 5.3 5.7 4.9 5.1 4.8 4.1
 79 6.5 8.4 9.2 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.2 3.1 4.5 4.7 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.4
 81 5.7 7.4 8.1 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.3 2.5 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.8
 83 4.9 6.5 7.1 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.3 2.0 3.1 3.2 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.2
 85 4.2 5.7 6.2 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.4 1.6 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.7
 87 3.6 5.0 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.6 1.2 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3
 89 3.1 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.3 4.2 3.7 0.9 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.9
 91 2.7 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.5 2.9 0.7 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7
 93 2.3 3.3 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.2 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5
 95 1.9 2.9 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.6 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3
Women
 65 17.7 20.4 20.7 20.3 20.6 20.3 19.5 10.6 12.9 12.5 11.2 12.1 11.5 10.0
 67 16.1 18.8 19.1 18.7 19.0 18.7 17.8 9.4 11.6 11.3 10.1 10.9 10.4 8.9
 69 14.5 17.3 17.6 17.2 17.5 17.1 16.1 8.2 10.4 10.2 9.0 9.7 9.2 7.8
 71 13.1 15.7 16.1 15.7 16.0 15.6 14.6 7.1 9.2 9.0 7.9 8.5 8.0 6.8
 73 11.7 14.3 14.7 14.2 14.5 14.2 13.1 6.1 8.1 7.9 6.8 7.4 6.9 5.8
 75 10.4 12.9 13.3 12.8 13.1 12.8 11.8 5.2 7.0 6.8 5.8 6.3 5.9 4.9
 77 9.2 11.5 11.9 11.5 11.7 11.4 10.5 4.4 6.0 5.8 4.9 5.3 4.9 4.1
 79 8.1 10.2 10.7 10.2 10.4 10.2 9.4 3.6 5.0 4.8 4.0 4.4 4.0 3.4
 81 7.1 9.0 9.5 9.0 9.2 9.0 8.3 2.9 4.1 4.0 3.2 3.6 3.3 2.7
 83 6.2 7.9 8.3 7.9 8.1 7.9 7.3 2.3 3.3 3.2 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.2
 85 5.3 6.9 7.3 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.3 1.8 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.7
 87 4.6 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.5 1.4 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.3
 89 4.0 5.2 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.7 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0
 91 3.4 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.0 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
 93 3.0 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
 95 2.6 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.2 2.7 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Standard errors of estimates are available in eTable 1