Title: HEALTH EXPECTANCIES IN BELGIUM RESULTS FROM THE 2001 CENSUS
1HEALTH EXPECTANCIES IN BELGIUMRESULTS FROM THE
2001 CENSUS
- H. Van Oyen (ISP)
- S. Demarest (ISP)
- PJ. Miersman (ISP)
- P. Deboosere (VUB)
- V. Lorant (UCL)
2OBJECTIVE
- Describe the health status of Belgian
- population by gender and region
- self perceived health
- longstanding morbidity
- disability by severity
3DATA
- Mortality 2001
- Life table last closed interval 100-105 yrs
- Healthcensus 2001
- Postal
- N 9 333 428, aged 5 yrs
- Response rate 98
4Health questions
- Subjective health
- How is your health in general?
- very good/good
- versus
- fair/bad/very bad
5Health questions
- Chronic morbidity
- Do you suffer from one or more longstanding
diseases, chronic conditions or handicaps? - yes
- versus
- no
6Health questions
- Disability
- Are you restricted in your daily activities due
to this (these) illness(es), chronic condition(s)
or handicaps? - continously ? severe disability
- every now and then ? moderate disability
- seldom or not
7Health expectancy indicators
- Healthy life expectancy HE
- Morbidity Free life expectancy MFLE
- Disability Free life expectancy DFLE
- Life expectancy with
- moderate disability MDLE
- Severe disability SDLE
8Estimation method
- Sullivan
- Variance part due to mortality and part due to
survey - Prevalence 0-4 yrs 5-9 yrs
9Prevalence of different health indicators in
selected age groups, Census 2001, Belgium
10Healthy life expectancy, Census 2001, Belgium
11Morbidity free life expectancy, Census 2001,
Belgium
12Disability free life expectancy (DFLE) and life
expectancy with moderate (MDLE) and severe (SDLE)
disability, Census 2001, Belgium
Males
Females
13Gender differences in life expectancy (LE),
healthy life expectancy (HE), morbidity free life
expectancy (MFLE), disability free life
expectancy (DFLE) and life expectancy with
moderate (MDLE) and severe (SDLE) disability at
ages 0 and 65 years, Census 2001, Belgium
14Health expectancy indicators by gender and
region, Census 2001, Belgium
15Difference in life expectancy and health
expectancy indicators in women between the
Flemish and Walloon Region, Census 2001, Belgium
16Disability free life expectancy (DFLE) and life
expectancy with moderate (MDLE) and severe (SDLE)
disability by provinces, Census 2001, Belgium
17CONCLUSION
- Regional differences
- Shorter life
- Less years of life in good health
- More years of life in ill health
- Gender differences
- Shorter life
- Less years of life in good health
- Less years of life in ill health
18Evolution of Life expectancy (LE), Disability
free life expectancy (DFLE) and life expectancy
with disability (DLE) and moderate (MDLE) and
severe (SDLE) disability 1997-2001, Belgium
DLE
MDLE
LE
DFLE
SDLE