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Health expectancies in the UK and its constituent countries, 2001
Author(s)Claudia Breakwell, Madhavi Bajekal
Journal titleHealth Statistics Quarterly, no 29, Spring 2006
Pagespp 18-25
Sourcehttp://www.statistics.gov.uk
KeywordsGood Health ; Life expectancy tables ; Methodology.
AnnotationA previous article by the authors (in Health Statistics Quarterly, no 26, Summer 2005) set out proposals for constructing a new series of health expectancies, which aimed to widen the coverage to the UK and all four of the constituent countries and to improve the methods used in the calculations. This article investigates the impact of applying the new methods by comparing estimates of healthy life expectancy (HLE) and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) based on the old and new methods for one year (2001). It then goes on to compare health expectancies based on the new methodology across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the entire UK in 2001. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-060517202 A
ClassmarkCD: S7: 3D

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