Live longer, suffer more? Trends in life expectancy and health;Länger leben, länger leiden? Trends in der Lebenserwartung und Gesundheit

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 907-914

  Doblhammer, G ^a,b,c,d   Kreft, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Rostocker Zentrum zur Erforschung des Demografischen Wandels   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health; Health ratio; Healthy life expectancy; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80051724616     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-011-1315-0     Document Type: Article

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