Population Health Metrics

Table 3 Sensitivity of results to the impact of disability on mortality

From: Future healthy life expectancy among older adults in the US: a forecast based on cohort smoking and obesity history

	Males			Females
	LE	LE^ND	LE^D	LE	LE^ND	LE^D
2010	−0.02	0.01	−0.03	0.02	0.02	0
2020	−0.01	0.07	−0.06	−0.01	0.01	−0.03
2030	0	0.12	−0.12	−0.03	0.1	−0.13
2040	0.02	0.15	−0.13	−0.02	0.18	−0.2

A positive value means that the alternative assumption resulted in a gain in life expectancy relative to the main model

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