Remaining life expectancy among older people in a rural area of Vietnam: trends and socioeconomic inequalities during a period of multiple transitions

Hoi, Le V; Phuc, Ho D; Dung, Truong V; Chuc, Nguyen TK; Lindholm, Lars

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-471

Table 2 Changes in RLE at age 60 between periods (1999-2002 vs. 2003-2006)

From: Remaining life expectancy among older people in a rural area of Vietnam: trends and socioeconomic inequalities during a period of multiple transitions

Sexes/Periods or groups	1999 - 2002		2003 - 2006		Change in RLE
	RLE	95%CI	RLE	95%CI
Male
Primary or less	18.0	16.9 - 19.2	19.0	17.6 - 20.3	1.0
Secondary or higher	20.1	18.6 - 21.5	21.0	19.4 - 22.5	0.9
Female
Primary or less	25.6	24.8 - 26.3	26.9	26.1 - 27.7	1.3
Secondary or higher	28.7	25.0 - 32.4	23.9	21.3 - 26.5	-4.8
Male
Household member	16.0	14.0 - 18.0	16.5	15.0 - 18.1	0.5
Household head	19.2	18.3 - 20.1	20.2	19.3 - 21.2	1.0
Female
Household member	21.0	19.7 - 22.4	22.7	21.5 - 24.0	1.7
Household head	26.1	25.2 - 26.9	27.4	26.6 - 28.3	1.3
Male
Without spouse	11.8	10.1 - 13.5	16.2	13.6 - 18.7	4.4*
With spouse	24.5	23.1 - 26.0	20.4	19.4 - 21.5	-4.1*
Female
Without spouse	24.8	23.8 - 25.8	26.3	25.3 - 27.3	1.5
With spouse	26.5	25.1 - 27.8	31.8	30.2 - 33.4	5.3*
Male
Without grand-/children	18.8	16.7 - 20.9	16.5	15.0 - 18.1	-2.3
With grand-/children	18.4	17.4 - 19.3	19.1	18.1 - 20.1	0.7
Female
Without grand-/children	28.0	26.2 - 29.8	22.7	21.5 - 24.0	-5.3*
With grand-/children	24.2	23.3 - 25.0	25.7	24.9 - 26.6	1.5
Male
Poorest	14.5	12.5 - 16.5	17.6	15.2 - 20.0	3.1
Poorer	16.4	14.5 - 18.4	17.5	15.3 - 19.6	1.1
Middle	19.2	17.3 - 21.2	19.4	17.8 - 21.0	0.2
Richer	20.6	19.0 - 22.2	20.6	18.9 - 22.2	0.0
Richest	21.1	19.2 - 23.0	21.9	19.9 - 24.0	0.8
Female
Poorest	25.2	23.4 - 27.0	26.3	24.1 - 28.4	1.1
Poorer	25.4	23.6 - 27.3	25.3	23.8 - 26.7	-0.1
Middle	22.9	21.4 - 24.3	27.4	25.9 - 28.9	4.5*
Richer	26.1	24.5 - 27.7	26.6	25.1 - 28.2	0.5
Richest	27.5	25.6 - 29.3	28.5	26.6 - 30.5	1.0
Male
Under NPL	13.3	11.0 - 15.7	9.7	7.2 - 12.2	-3.6
Beyond NPL	19.6	18.7 - 20.4	20.7	19.8 - 21.6	1.1
Female
Under NPL	22.8	20.9 - 24.8	20.5	18.0 - 23.0	-2.3
Beyond NPL	25.7	24.9 - 26.5	27.7	27.0 - 28.5	2.0*
Male
Under IPL	15.9	14.2 - 17.7	16.0	14.5 - 17.5	0.1
Beyond IPL	19.5	18.5 - 20.4	21.3	20.2 - 22.3	1.8
Female
Under IPL	24.7	23.2 - 26.3	23.1	21.7 - 24.5	-1.6
Beyond IPL	25.3	24.5 - 26.2	28.9	28.0 - 29.8	3.6*

* Significant difference in the gaps between the two 4-year periods

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