Using linked data to calculate summary measures of population health: Health-adjusted life expectancy of people with Diabetes Mellitus.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: To estimate the health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) from diabetes mellitus (DM) using a population health survey linked to a population-based DM registry. METHODS: The 1996/97 Ontario Health Survey (N = 35,517) was linked to the Ontario Diabetes Database (N = 487,576). The Health Utilities Index (HUI3) was used to estimate health-related quality of life. HALE was estimated using an adapted Sullivan method. RESULTS: Life expectancy at birth of people with DM was 64.7 and 70.7 years for men and women - 12.8 and 12.2 years less than for men and women without DM. The HUI3 was lower for physician-diagnosed DM compared to self-reported DM (0.799 versus 0.872). HALE at birth was 58.3 and 62.8 years for men and women - 11.9 and 10.7 years less than that of men and women without DM.

SUBMITTER: Manuel DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC406424 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature