Speranţa de viaţă sănătoasă – indicatorul integral de evaluare a sănătăţii populaţiei = Healthy life expectancy as an integrated indicator of population health assessment
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2015
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Institutul de Cercetări Juridice şi Politice al Academiei de Ştiinţe a Moldovei
Abstract
Earlier studies on long-term mortality trends by cause in Moldova showed the stagnati-
on in life expectancy at birth over the last half century at the expense of a considerable
decline in infant and child mortality on the one hand and a continuing mortality crisis
among the adult population on the other. However, the health status of the population
and number of years lived in good health, which represent an important decisive factor
for policy makers, have not yet been studied for this country. In this article, the healthy
life expectancy in terms of either good or poor health was estimated based on the Household
Budget Survey data about the self-perceived health for 2013 and the abridged life
tables, by applying the Sullivan method. Some results of the study show that at age 65-69
years, Moldovan males are expected to live on average 12 years, while only 8 years will
be spent in „very good and good” and “fair” health status. Moldovan females of the same
age group have an average life expectancy of 16 years, of which 9 years will be spent in
“very good and good” and “fair” health status. The healthy life expectancy is higher for
women than men, for the population from urban area than rural area, and the poor
health state increases with age.
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Bibliogr.: p. 116(16 titl.).
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population health, health state, Sullivan method, sănătatea populaţiei, starea sănătăţii, sănătate
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GAGAUZ, Olga, AVRAM, Cristina (2015). Speranţa de viaţă sănătoasă – indicatorul integral de evaluare a sănătăţii populaţiei = Healthy life expectancy as an integrated indicator of population health assessment. In: Revista de Filosofie, Sociologie şi Ştiinţe Politice. 2015, nr. 2(168), pp. 109-116. ISSN 1857-2294.