The rise in the number of long-term survivors from different diseases can slow the increase in life expectancy of the total population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent improvements in life expectancy in many countries stem from reduced mortality from cardiovascular disease and cancer above the age of 60. This is the combined result of decreased incidence and improved survival among those with disease. The latter has led to a higher proportion in the population of people with a past history of disease. This is a group with higher mortality than the general population. How growing shares of persons with past history of disease and improved survival with disease have affected changes in life expectancy of the total population is the objective of this paper.

Methods

Using register data for the total Swedish population, we stratified the population based on whether individuals have been diagnosed with myocardial infarction, st

SUBMITTER: Ebeling M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542716 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature