Potential gains in life expectancy or years of potential life lost: Impact of competing risks of death

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 894-898

  Lai, Dejian ^a   Hardy, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Diseases of the heart; HIV AIDS; Life expectancy; Malignant neoplasms; Multiple decrement life table; years of potential life lost

Indexed keywords

LONGEVITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032747857     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.5.894     Document Type: Article

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