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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hou, X D
• Luo, Y N
• Jin, Y Z
• Zheng, Z J

Titel

Analysis of healthy life expectancy and related socioeconomic influencing factors among the middle-aged and elderly in China, the United States, and the European Union

Ist Teil von

• Zhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì, 2023-06, Vol.44 (6), p.1006

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To calculate and compare the healthy life expectancy (HLE) of the middle-aged and elderly in China, the United States, and developing and developed countries in the European Union(EU) and analyze the impact of socioeconomic factors on HLE in different countries or regions. Four surveys from 2010 to 2019 were brought into the research. The data were collected from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, Health and Retirement Study, and the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Developed and developing countries in the EU were divided into two groups for calculation. Education level, total family wealth, and work retirement status were selected to measure socioeconomic status, and activities of daily living were used as health status indicators. We used the multi-state life cycle table method to calculate the transition probability between different health states and estimate life expectancy and HLE. A total of 69 544 samples were included in the study. In terms of age, the middle-aged