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Potential gains in life expectancy or years of potential life lost: impact of competing risks of death

Author(s) -

D Lai,

Rebecca Hardy

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.5.894

Subject(s) - years of potential life lost , life expectancy , medicine , population , demography , public health , gerontology , environmental health , pathology , sociology

Measuring the impact of competing risks of death on society is important for setting public health policy and allocating resources. However, various indicators may result in inconsistent conclusions. The potential gains in life expectancy (PGLE) by elimination of deaths from HIV/AIDS, diseases of the heart and malignant neoplasms were compared to the years of potential life lost (YPLL) due to these causes in measuring the impact of premature death for the US population of working age (15-64 years).

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