Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of boxes and tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgements
    • Summary
      • Health expectancy as an indicator of population health and welfare
      • Mortality, morbidity and disability
      • Main findings
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
    2. Methods for calculation of health expectancies
    3. Health scenarios and related measures of health expectancies
    4. Data sources and definitions
    5. Estimates of health expectancies in 2003
      • 5.1 Health expectancies at birth
      • 5.2 Health expectancies at age 65
      • 5.3 Age and sex patterns of health expectancies
    6. Changes in health expectancies between 1998 and 2003
    7. Trends in health expectancies from 1988 to 2003
    8. Discussion
      • 8.1 Differences between males and females
      • 8.2 Recent evidence relating to the proposed health scenarios
        • Compression of morbidity
        • Expansion of morbidity
        • 'Dynamic equilibrium'
        • Conclusion
  • End matter
    • Appendix tables
    • References