Trends in healthy life expectancy in Japan: 1986 - 2004

This article examines the increasing life expectancy of Japanese men and women in relation to their health from 1986 to 2004. We computed healthy life expectancy for seven available time-points using the prevalence-based Sullivan method. The results showed that, for both sexes and at all ages, the g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vanessa Yong, Yasuhiko Saito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2009-04-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/19/