Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy among Canadian Adults with and without Hypertension
Joint Authors
Choi, Bernard C. K.
Loukine, Lidia
Ellison, Joellyn
Waters, Chris
Source
Cardiology Research and Practice
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-06-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hypertension can lead to cardiovascular diseases and other chronic conditions.
While the impact of hypertension on premature death and life expectancy has been published, the impact on health-adjusted life expectancy has not, and constitutes the research objective of this study.
Health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) is the number of expected years of life equivalent to years lived in full health.
Data were obtained from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (mortality data 2004–2006) and the Canadian Community Health Survey (Health Utilities Index data 2000–2005) for people with and without hypertension.
Life table analysis was applied to calculate life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy and their confidence intervals.
Our results show that for Canadians 20 years of age, without hypertension, life expectancy is 65.4 years and 61.0 years, for females and males, respectively.
HALE is 55.0 years and 52.8 years for the two sexes at age 20; and 24.7 years and 22.9 years at age 55.
For Canadians with hypertension, HALE is only 48.9 years and 47.1 years for the two sexes at age 20; and 22.7 years and 20.2 years at age 55.
Hypertension is associated with a significant loss in health-adjusted life expectancy compared to life expectancy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Loukine, Lidia& Waters, Chris& Choi, Bernard C. K.& Ellison, Joellyn. 2011. Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy among Canadian Adults with and without Hypertension. Cardiology Research and Practice،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Loukine, Lidia…[et al.]. Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy among Canadian Adults with and without Hypertension. Cardiology Research and Practice No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Loukine, Lidia& Waters, Chris& Choi, Bernard C. K.& Ellison, Joellyn. Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy among Canadian Adults with and without Hypertension. Cardiology Research and Practice. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-485105
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-485105