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Table 2 Life expectancy (LE), health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) (with 95% confidence intervals), and years lost in LE and HALE at selected ages, by diabetes (DM) status and sex, Canada, 2004-2006 1

From: Impact of diabetes mellitus on life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy in Canada

Sex

Measure

Total population

(I)

Without DM

(II)

With DM

(III)

Loss of LE

associated with DM

(II-III)

Gain in LE after eliminating DM

(II-I)

At birth

Females

LE

83.6(83.6-83.7)

85.0(85.0-85.1)

74.9(74.3-75.6)

10.1*(9.5-10.7)

1.4*

HALE

72.1(71.8-72.3)

73.3(73.0-73.5)

62.2(60.7-63.8)

11.1*(9.5-12.7)

1.2*

LE-HALE2

 

11.7* (11.4-12.0)

12.7*(11.8-13.6)

  

(LE-HALE)/LE3

 

0.14

0.17

  

Males

LE

78.9(78.8-78.9)

80.2(80.2-80.3)

70.9(70.4-71.4)

9.3*(8.8-9.8)

1.3*

HALE

69.6(69.4-69.9)

70.9(70.7-71.2)

60.1(58.4-61.9)

10.8*(9.1-12.5)

1.3*

LE-HALE2

 

9.3*(9.1-9.5)

10.8*(9.6-12.0)

  

(LE-HALE)/LE3

 

0.12

0.15

  

At age 20

Females

LE

64.3(64.2-64.3)

65.7(65.7-65.7)

56.5(56.2-56.8)

9.2*(8.9-9.5)

1.4*

HALE

53.6(53.3-53.9)

54.8(54.5-55.1)

44.7(43.4-46.1)

10.1*(8.7-11.5)

1.2*

LE-HALE2

 

10.9*(10.6-11.2)

11.8*(10.8-12.8)

  

(LE-HALE)/LE3

 

0.17

0.21

  

Males

LE

59.6(59.6-59.7)

61.0(61.0-61.1)

52.2(51.9-52.5)

8.8*(8.5-9.1)

1.4*

HALE

51.3(51.1-51.6)

52.6(52.3-52.9)

43.0(41.9-44.1)

9.6*(8.5-10.7)

1.3*

LE-HALE2

 

8.4*(8.2-8.6)

9.2*(8.4-10.0)

  

(LE-HALE)/LE3

 

0.14

0.18

  

At age 55

Females

LE

30.6(30.6-30.6)

32.0(31.9-32.0)

26.0(25.9-26.1)

6.0*(5.9-6.1)

1.4*

HALE

23.6(23.4-23.9)

24.7(24.4-25.0)

18.9(18.3-19.6)

5.8*(5.1-6.5)

1.1*

LE-HALE2

 

7.3*(7.1-7.5)

7.1*(6.5-7.7)

  

(LE-HALE)/LE3

 

0.23

0.27

  

Males

LE

26.8(26.7-26.8)

28.0(28.0-28.1)

23.0(23.0-23.1)

5.0*(4.9-5.1)

1.2*

HALE

21.6(21.4-21.8)

22.8(22.5-23.1)

17.5(17.0-18.1)

5.3*(4.7-5.9)

1.2*

LE-HALE2

 

5.2*(5.0-5.4)

5.5*(5.0-6.0)

  

(LE-HALE)/LE3

 

0.19

0.24

  

At age 80

Females

LE

11.0(10.9-11.0)

11.7(11.7-11.7)

9.1(9.1-9.2)

2.6*(2.6-2.6)

0.7*

HALE

7.0(6.7-7.2)

7.4(7.1-7.7)

5.8(5.2-6.3)

1.6*(0.9-2.3)

0.4*

LE-HALE2

 

4.3*(4.0-4.6)

3.3*(2.8-3.8)

  

(LE-HALE)/LE3

 

0.37

0.36

  

Males

LE

8.8(8.7-8.8)

9.4(9.3-9.4)

7.5(7.4-7.5)

1.9*(1.9-1.9)

0.6*

HALE

5.9(5.6-6.2)

6.4(6.1-6.8)

4.3(3.7-5.0)

2.1*(1.4-2.8)

0.5**

LE-HALE2

 

3.0*(2.7-3.3)

3.2*(2.6-3.8)

  

(LE-HALE)/LE3

 

0.32

0.43

  
  1. * Statistically significant (p-value <0.0001).
  2. ** Statistically significant (p-value <0.05).
  3. 1Dataset excluded Quebec, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories.
  4. 2LE-HALE: years difference between life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy.
  5. 3(LE-HALE)/LE: the proportion of life spent in poor health.