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Table 4 Differences in life expectancy (LE), disability-free life expectancy (DFLE), and proportion of expected life without disability for urban and rural area female in Bangladesh, 2016

From: Age and sex-specific disability-free life expectancy in urban and rural settings of Bangladesh

Age group (year)

Life Expectancy (LE)

Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE)

Proportion of life without disability

Urban

Rural

Differences in LE* (Urban–Rural)

Urban

95% CI

Rural

95% CI

Differences in DFLE^ (Urban–Rural)

p- value°

Urban

Rural

 < 1

72.17

65.97

6.20

64.48

63.95–65.01

58.10

57.43–58.77

6.38

 < 0.01

89.35

88.07

1–4

73.68

72.22

1.45

65.59

65.07–66.11

63.33

62.65–64.00

2.27

0.01

89.03

87.68

5–9

69.08

67.89

1.19

61.28

60.76–61.80

59.28

58.60–59.95

2.01

0.02

88.71

87.31

10–14

64.32

63.07

1.25

56.70

56.17–57.23

54.67

53.99–55.35

2.03

0.02

88.15

86.68

15–19

59.34

58.28

1.06

51.80

51.27–52.33

49.95

49.27–50.64

1.84

0.05

87.28

85.72

20–24

54.64

53.68

0.96

47.16

46.63–47.69

45.41

44.72–46.09

1.75

0.05

86.31

84.59

25–29

49.78

48.88

0.89

42.37

41.85–42.89

40.68

39.99–41.36

1.69

0.05

85.11

83.21

30–34

45.06

44.18

0.89

37.75

37.21–38.29

36.05

35.35–36.74

1.71

0.05

83.78

81.60

35–39

40.27

39.37

0.89

33.03

32.49–33.57

31.36

30.67–32.05

1.67

0.05

82.04

79.65

40–44

35.49

34.74

0.75

28.44

27.90–28.98

26.92

26.22–27.63

1.51

0.1

80.12

77.50

45–49

30.88

30.16

0.72

24.11

23.56–24.66

22.64

21.93–23.34

1.47

0.1

78.06

75.04

50–54

26.29

25.68

0.61

19.86

19.32–20.40

18.57

17.86–19.27

1.29

0.1

75.55

72.31

55–59

21.99

21.40

0.59

16.02

15.47–16.57

14.84

14.14–15.55

1.18

0.1

72.87

69.35

60–64

17.83

17.22

0.61

12.40

11.84–12.96

11.31

10.60–12.02

1.09

0.2

69.53

65.70

65–69

13.91

13.43

0.49

9.11

8.55–9.67

8.33

7.62–9.04

0.78

 > 0.2

65.45

62.03

70–74

10.04

9.85

0.19

6.06

5.51–6.61

5.60

4.88–6.32

0.46

 > 0.2

60.35

56.88

75–79

6.50

6.49

0.01

3.65

3.08–4.22

3.33

2.61–4.06

0.32

 > 0.2

56.24

51.37

80 + 

2.45

2.45

0.00

1.29

0.72–1.86

1.12

0.39–1.86

0.17

 > 0.2

52.84

45.83

  1. CI = confidence interval of DFLE, *Due to a paucity of data, LE differences were not statistically tested, ^DFLE differences were statistically tested with \(Z\)-statistic, °\(p\)-values provided significance for a two-tailed test for DFLE differences between urban and rural areas
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