Table 2 Life Expectancy (LE), Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE), and differences in LE and HALE at age 20 by BMI category and sex, Canada, 2000-2005

58.7^*

62.8

66.5^*

64.6

59.3^*

(56.3, 61.6)

(62.6, 63.0)

(65.5, 67.5)

(63.0, 66.2)

(56.9, 61.3)

48.5^*

54.1

55.6^*

51.4^*

44.1^*

(46.7, 50.6)

(53.8, 54.4)

(54.8, 56.5)

(50.2, 52.8)

(42.6, 45.8)

10.2

8.7

10.9

13.2

15.2

0.174

0.139

0.164

0.204

0.256

Underweight

Normal weight

Overweight

Obesity class 1

Obesity class 2+

53.0^*

57.2

61.0^*

59.1

53.5^*

(50.3, 56.1)

(56.8, 57.6)

(60.2, 61.9)

(57.5, 60.6)

(51.1, 55.6)

41.0^*

50.0

52.9^*

50.4

43.8^*

(38.3, 43.6)

(49.6, 50.4)

(52.2, 53.7)

(49.2, 51.6)

(42.0, 45.6)

12.0

7.2

8.1

8.7

9.7

0.226

0.126

0.133

0.147

0.181