Open AccessCross-national disparities in sex differences in life expectancy with and without frailty
Author(s) -
Román RomeroOrtuño,
Tony Fouweather,
Carol Jagger
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/aft115
Subject(s) - medicine , life expectancy , demography , gerontology , czech , population , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , sociology
with continued ageing, levels of frailty are an increasing concern. Women live longer than men, but how life expectancies (LE) with frailty differ between men and women and whether sex differences are the same for all European countries is unknown.
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