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Changes in total and disability-free life expectancy among older adults in China: Do they portend a compression of morbidity?

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Table 2. Average annual mortality rate and average disability prevalence rate by age, sex and period
Period
Baseline age 2002-05 2008-11 Net change
Mortality rate
Males 65–69 29.9 21.8 –8.1
70–74 39.4 44.4 +5.0
75–79 66.0 70.0 +4.0
80–84 118.8 103.3 –15.5
85–89 184.7 160.3 –24.4
90–94 261.3 239.7 –21.6
95–99 339.0 291.2 –47.8

Females 65–69 26.8 11.8 –15.0
70–74 30.6 28.5 –2.1
75–79 59.2 50.3 –8.9
80–84 106.7 80.1 –26.6
85–89 149.3 130.2 –19.1
90–94 226.6 210.8 –15.8
95–99 289.6 283.8 –5.8

Disability prevalence rate
Males 65–69 43.6 35.1 –8.5
70–74 51.4 55.6 +4.2
75–79 95.7 84.9 –10.8
80–84 162.4 141.6 –20.8
85–89 227.0 199.7 –27.3
90–94 314.3 272.0 –42.3
95–99 404.6 382.5 –22.1

Females 65–69 28.0 33.1 +5.1
70–74 71.0 65.4 –5.6
75–79 106.8 89.7 –17.1
80–84 201.5 132.7 –68.8
85–89 314.1 240.7 –73.4
90–94 411.3 344.4 –66.9
95–99 493.4 426.0 –67.4
1 Mortality rate defined as deaths per 1,000 population. Prevalence rate defined as number with disability per 1,000 population.

Table 3. Total and disability free life expectancy estimates, 95% confidence intervals, and related statistics at age 80 by sex and period
Males Females
Period 2002–05 2008–11 Net change 2002–05 2008–11 Net change
TLE 6.90 7.28 +0.38 7.61 8.20 +0.59
95% CI 6.69–7.11 7.04–7.53 7.36–7.86 7.89–8.51
DFLE 5.48 5.94 +0.46 5.51 6.46 +0.95
95% CI 5.37–5.58 5.84–6.05 5.39–5.64 6.35–6.58
Ratio of DFLE/TLE 0.794 .816 +0.022 0.724 0.788 +0.064
95% CI 0.779–0.809 0.801–0.831 0.708–0.741 0.774–0.803

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