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Table 4 Age 50 frailty-free, frail and total life expectancies in years for women and men

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

 

Women (CI)

Men (CI)

Years

Percentage

Years

Percentage

Most advantaged

 Frailty-free LE

36.1

(35.1–37.0)

90.0

(89.6–90.7)

34.6

(33.7–35.4)

93.8

(93.4–94.3)

 Frail LE

4.0

(3.6–4.5)

10.0

(9.3–10.4)

2.3

(2.0–2.6)

6.2

(5.7–6.6)

 Total LE

40.1

(39.0–41.0)

36.9

(36.0–37.7)

Least advantaged

 Frailty-free LE

22.1

(21.3–22.7)

69.3

(67.4–70.2)

21.3

(20.4–22.0)

76.6

(74.5–77.5)

 Frail LE

9.9

(9.3–10.6)

31.0

(29.8–32.6)

6.6

(6.1–7.3)

23.7

(22.5–25.5)

 Total LE

31.9

(31.2–32.7)

27.8

(27.0–28.7)

  1. The most advantaged group are people in both the most wealthy and least deprived quintiles. The least advantaged group are people in both the least wealthy and most deprived quintiles
  2. LE, Life expectancy, CI, 95% Confidence interval