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Table 3 Disability-free life expectancy in adults aged 60 years and over in seven cities in Latin America and the Caribbean*

From: Sex and the city: Differences in disease- and disability-free life years, and active community participation of elderly men and women in 7 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

    

Sex†

 

IRR

95% CI

p-value

IRR

95% CI

p-value

Age (years)

      

60–64

1.00

-

-

1.06

1.02–1.10

0.003

65–69

0.98

0.95–1.01

0.14

1.06

1.02–1.11

0.002

70–74

0.96

0.93–0.98

0.003

1.03

0.98–1.08

0.23

75–79

0.87

0.85–0.90

< 0.001

1.13

1.07–1.19

< 0.001

80+

0.71

0.69–0.74

< 0.001

1.20

1.14–1.28

< 0.001

City ‡

      

Buenos Aires

1.01

0.98–1.04

0.48

1.08

1.01–1.15

0.02

Bridgetown

1.08

1.05–1.10

< 0.001

1.05

1.00–1.11

0.05

São Paulo

0.98

0.96–1.00

0.06

1.09

1.04–1.14

< 0.001

Santiago

0.94

0.92–0.97

< 0.001

1.09

1.03–1.16

0.004

Havana

1.00

0.98–1.02

0.86

1.09

1.04–1.14

0.001

Mexico City

0.98

0.96–1.01

0.20

1.05

0.99–1.11

0.14

Montevideo

1.01

0.99–1.04

0.24

1.12

1.06–1.19

< 0.001

  1. *All participants provided information on age and sex.
  2. †The sex association was pre-adjusted for age in the five age-groups, as well as for city. The unstratified effect of sex on disability-free life expectancy was 1.08 (95% CI 1.06 – 1.11) p < 0.001).
  3. ‡Each city was compared with the regional average (defined as the mean of all seven cities); pre-adjusted for age.
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