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Table 2 Differences in the remaining life expectancy (in years) between populations with a history of disease and the general population, and the changes in these differences, 1998–2017

From: Trends in life expectancy: did the gap between the healthy and the ill widen or close?

 

Women

Men

1998

2017

Change

1998

2017

Change

Myocardial infarction

11.96

8.70

− 3.26

8.48

5.86

− 2.62

Ischemic stroke

9.50

8.05

− 1.45

7.47

5.75

− 1.72

Hemorrhagic stroke

14.76

13.91

− 0.85

11.53

11.34

− 0.19

Hip fracture

7.08

9.07

+ 1.99

8.17

9.70

+ 1.54

Colon cancer

10.67

9.17a

− 1.51

8.62

7.91a

− 0.71

Lung cancer

18.04

18.18a

+ 0.13

14.98

16.66a

+ 1.68

Breast cancer

4.77

2.43a

− 2.35

–

–

–

  1. aData for year 2016