Fig. 1

Contributions of recent and distant cases of different diseases to the increase in life expectancy at age 60 between 1994 and 2016, Sweden, males and females. Notes: Life expectancy at age 60 is defined as the average person-years lived between ages 60 and 104. The respective contributions are the sum across the respective age-specific contributions. The recent cases are those with a diagnosis in the previous three years (myocardial infarction, stroke, hip fracture) or in the previous five years (colon and breast cancer). The distant cases are those in the respective residual group. The disease-free population refers to the share of the population who had not been diagnosed with the respective disease. Results for the disease-free population can be found in Additional file 1. Data: Swedish National Patient Register and Swedish National Cancer Register. Own calculations