Healthy life expectancy and the correlates of self-rated health in Bangladesh in 1996 and 2002

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for Bangladeshi males by age in 1996 and 2002

Age	Life expectancy (years)	Expected number of years in:						Proportion in:
		Good health		Average health		Poor health		Good health	Average health	Poor health
		Years	95% CI	Years	95% CI	Years	95% CI	Percent	Percent	Percent
Year 2002
15	56.30	31.57‡	28.51-34.64	21.05†	17.52-24.57	3.66 ns	0.00-7.99	56.08	37.39	6.49
25	46.70	25.64†	22.77-28.52	17.83 ns	14.60-21.06	3.18 ns	0.00-7.18	54.91	38.18	6.81
35	37.40	19.54†	16.69-22.38	14.98 ns	11.84-18.11	2.84 ns	0.00-6.74	52.24	40.04	7.60
45	28.40	14.34 ns	11.53-17.15	11.56 ns	8.48-14.63	2.50 ns	0.00-6.32	50.49	40.69	8.80
Year 1996
15	56.30	25.32	22.18-28.46	25.79	22.78-28.79	5.20	1.28-9.11	44.98	45.81	9.23
25	47.10	20.86	17.98-23.74	21.44	18.71-24.16	4.81	1.29-8.33	44.29	45.51	10.22
35	37.70	15.48	12.68-18.29	17.78	15.19-20.37	4.48	1.13-7.84	41.06	47.16	11.89
45	28.90	10.73	7.99-13.48	14.23	11.76-16.70	3.90	0.67-7.12	37.14	49.23	13.48

Notes: CI: confidence interval; Difference from 2002 to 1996: ‡ < 0.05; † <0.10; ns: not statistically significant.

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