Citation

Chronic Dis. Inj. Can. 2013; 33(2): 103.

Affiliation

Priya Bakshi, Bernard C. K. Choi (Chair), Alan Diener, Eric Driscoll, Joellyn Ellison, XiaoHong Jiang, Albert Kwan, Lidia Loukine, Wei Luo, Howard Morrison, Heather Orpana, August J. Saaltink, Robert Semenciw, Feng Wang, Chris Waters, Carl Yue, Rita Zhang.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Health Canada)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23470176

Abstract

Health-adjusted life expectancy is an indicator of the average number of years that an individual is expected to live in a healthy state. It is a summary measure that combines both quantity of life and quality of life. In other words, it combines mortality and morbidity experience into a single summary measure of population health. It can be used to measure the burden of disease and injury in the population, risk factors and the performance of public health efforts. This report, entitled Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy in Canada: 2012 Report by the Public Health Agency of Canada,1 provides estimates of health-adjusted life expectancy among Canadians with and without selected chronic diseases (diabetes and cancer) and chronic conditions (hypertension), and by socio-economic status (income). Estimates are provided for females and males and for people of different ages.

Language: en