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Table 3 Age 50 frailty-free, frail and total life expectancies for men

From: Frailty-free life expectancy and its association with socio-economic characteristics: an analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing cohort study

Characteristic

Frailty-free

Frail

Total

Years

Percentage

Years

Percentage

Years

All

 

28.3

(27.9–28.7)

86.8

(86.0–87.5)

4.3

(4.1–4.5)

13.2

(12.5–14.0)

32.6

(32.2–33.0)

Wealth quintile

 1st (least wealth)

23.4

(22.8–23.9)

79.6

(78.1–81.1)

6.0

(5.6–6.5)

20.4

(18.9–21.9)

29.4

(28.7–30.0)

 2nd

25.9

(25.4–26.3)

83.8

(82.9–84.7)

5.0

(4.7–5.3)

16.2

(15.3–17.1)

30.9

(30.4–31.3)

 3rd

28.4

(28.0–28.8)

87.4

(86.7–88.1)

4.1

(3.9–4.3)

12.6

(11.9–13.3)

32.5

(32.1–32.9)

 4th

30.8

(30.3–31.3)

90.3

(89.6–91.1)

3.3

(3.0–3.6)

9.7

(8.9–10.4)

34.1

(33.6–34.6)

 5th (most wealth)

33.2

(32.4–33.8)

92.7

(91.8–93.5)

2.6

(2.3–2.9)

7.3

(6.5–8.2)

35.8

(35.0–36.4)

Deprivation quintile

 1st (most deprived)

23.9

(23.1–24.5)

80.7

(79.3–82.3)

5.7

(5.2–6.2)

19.3

(17.7–20.7)

29.6

(28.8–30.2)

 2nd

25.9

(25.4–26.3)

83.8

(82.8–84.6)

5.0

(4.7–5.3)

16.2

(15.4–17.2)

30.9

(30.4–31.3)

 3rd

27.9

(27.4–28.2)

86.4

(85.5–87.0)

4.4

(4.2–4.7)

13.6

(13.0–14.5)

32.3

(31.8–32.6)

 4th

29.8

(29.3–30.3)

88.4

(87.8–89.2)

3.9

(3.6–4.1)

11.6

(10.8–12.2

33.7

(33.2–34.1)

 5th (least deprived)

31.8

(31.1–32.4)

90.6

(89.5–91.4)

3.3

(3.0–3.7)

9.4

(8.6–10.5)

35.1

(34.4–35.7)

Educational quintile

 Less than high school (< 10 years)

28.2

(27.7–28.6)

86.5

(85.6–87.1)

4.4

(4.2–4.7)

13.5

(12.9–14.4)

32.6

(32.1–33.0)

 High school (10-11 years)

30.2

(29.5–30.8)

88.6

(87.6–89.6)

3.9

(3.5–4.2)

11.4

(10.4–12.4)

34.1

(33.3–34.7)

 College or higher (≥ 12 years)

32.2

(31.1–33.1)

90.7

(89.4–91.9)

3.3

(2.8–3.8)

9.3

(8.1–10.6)

35.5

(34.3–36.5)

Marital status

 Not married

25.6

(24.8–26.2)

84.8

(83.5–86.0)

4.6

(4.2–5.1)

15.2

(14.0–16.5)

30.2

(29.4–30.8)

 Married

29.3

(28.7–29.7)

87.2

(86.5–88.1)

4.3

(4.0–4.6)

12.8

(11.9–13.5)

33.6

(33.0–34.0)

  1. Life expectancies are stratified by socio-economic characteristics. Results are from a univariate analysis of each characteristic
  2. 95% confidence intervals in parentheses
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