Aging and health in France: an unexpected expansion of disability in mid-adulthood over recent years | Zendy

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Aging and health in France: an unexpected expansion of disability in mid-adulthood over recent years

Author(s) -

Emmanuelle Cambois,

A. Blachier,

JeanMarie Robine

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cks136

Subject(s) - life expectancy , scope (computer science) , demography , gerontology , geography , medicine , sociology , computer science , population , programming language

The study presents new disability-free life expectancies (DFLE) estimates for France and discusses recent trends in the framework of the three 'health and aging' theories of compression, dynamic equilibrium and expansion of disability. The objectives are to update information for France and to compare two methods to analyse recent trends.

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