title: European perspectives on healthy aging in women.
abstract: Using data from the 1994 European Community Household Panel, we compare active life expectancy differentials at age 65 years between women and men in 12 European countries. We seek to explain the extent to which differences are a reflection of gender differentials in life expectancy at 65 years or reflect differences in active life expectancy earlier in life. Considerable variation in the gender differentials in both total and active life expectancies at age 65 years exist within Europe, with some countries experiencing 20% lower life expectancy at age 65 years for men compared to women. Some evidence was found to suggest that gender differentials in active life expectancy may continue from younger ages through to later life.
authors.affiliation: Health and Demography team, Department of Biostatistics, University of Montpellier I, France. robine@valdorel.fnclcc.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Robine
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jagger
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cambois
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D011157:Population Dynamics; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D012737:Sex Factors; D016387:Women's Health