title: Active life among the elderly in the United States: multistate life-table estimates and population projections.
abstract: Calculations of multistate life expectancy not only measure how long a population may live beyond a certain age, but also what fractions of this continuing lifetime will be spent in an independent or dependent status. Many Americans aged 70 and over are leading long, active lives; large numbers of individuals who become dependent, moreover, do so temporarily and return to independent status. Men and women have disparate total and active life expectancies, however, reflecting differential survival patterns and varying rates of transition among statuses. Policy makers must consider the increased size of the future elderly population, and changes in its age composition and functional status, when planning relevant health services.
authors.affiliation: Population Program, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0484.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belanger
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States