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Table 1 Decennial change in life expectancy (LE) at birth and contribution of smoking and healthcare expenditures (HCE) in the Netherlands and the mean of 18 other OECD countries, 1990–1999 and 2000–2009

From: Quantifying the contribution of changes in healthcare expenditures and smoking to the reversal of the trend in life expectancy in the Netherlands

 

Period

Observed change in LE

Difference between 1990–1999 and 2000–2009

Change in LE due to changes in smoking

Difference between 1990–1999 and 2000–2009

Change in LE due to changes in HCE

95 % CI

Difference between 1990–1999 and 2000–2009

95 % CI

Females

 

The Netherlands

1990–99

0.3

 

−0.6

 

0.0

(0.01 to 0.05)

  

2000–09

2.1

1.8

−0.4

0.2

1.0

(0.30 to 1.62)

0.9

(0.29 to 1.57)

 

Mean of the other countries

1990–99

1.7

 

−0.1

 

0.3

(0.09 to 0.52)

  

2000–09

1.9

0.2

−0.1

0.0

0.5

(0.14 to 0.77)

0.2

(0.05 to 0.25)

Males

 

The Netherlands

1990–99

1.5

 

0.7

 

0.0

(0.01 to 0.04)

  

2000-09

3.0

1.5

0.5

−0.2

0.9

(0.27 to 1.49)

0.9

(0.27 to 1.45)

 

Mean of the other countries

1990–99

2.2

 

0.4

 

0.3

(0.09 to 0.47)

  

2000–09

2.5

0.3

0.3

−0.1

0.4

(0.13 to 0.70)

0.1

(0.00 to 0.20)