The Life Expectancy Gap between Registered Disabled and Non-Disabled People in Korea from 2004 to 2017
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design, Data, Sample Size
2.2. Registered Disabled Population
2.3. Statistical Analysis
2.4. Research Ethics
3. Results
3.1. Life Expectancy
3.2. Life Expectancy Gap
3.3. Life Expectancy According to Disability Grades
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Year | Men and Women | Men | Women | ||||||
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Non-Disabled | Disabled | Difference | Non-Disabled | Disabled | Difference | Non-Disabled | Disabled | Difference | |
2004 | 79.3 | 58.9 | 20.4 | 75.8 | 57.2 | 18.6 | 82.2 | 61.9 | 20.3 |
2005 | 79.8 | 58.9 | 20.9 | 76.5 | 57.7 | 18.8 | 82.5 | 60.7 | 21.8 |
2006 | 80.3 | 59.8 | 20.5 | 77.0 | 58.1 | 18.9 | 82.9 | 62.6 | 20.3 |
2007 | 80.7 | 61.0 | 19.7 | 77.3 | 60.0 | 17.3 | 83.3 | 62.6 | 20.7 |
2008 | 81.3 | 62.3 | 19.0 | 78.0 | 60.5 | 17.5 | 83.9 | 64.8 | 19.1 |
2009 | 81.8 | 63.5 | 18.3 | 78.4 | 62.1 | 16.3 | 84.3 | 65.3 | 19.0 |
2010 | 82.0 | 63.7 | 18.3 | 78.6 | 62.1 | 16.5 | 84.6 | 65.6 | 19.0 |
2011 | 82.4 | 64.6 | 17.8 | 79.0 | 63.7 | 15.3 | 85.0 | 65.2 | 19.8 |
2012 | 82.6 | 65.4 | 17.2 | 79.2 | 63.3 | 15.9 | 85.1 | 68.0 | 17.1 |
2013 | 83.1 | 66.9 | 16.2 | 79.8 | 64.7 | 15.1 | 85.6 | 69.9 | 15.7 |
2014 | 83.4 | 66.7 | 16.7 | 80.2 | 64.7 | 15.5 | 85.9 | 69.1 | 16.8 |
2015 | 83.8 | 66.7 | 17.1 | 80.6 | 64.7 | 15.9 | 86.2 | 69.0 | 17.2 |
2016 | 84.2 | 68.3 | 15.9 | 81.0 | 67.2 | 13.8 | 86.6 | 69.4 | 17.2 |
2017 | 84.4 | 68.0 | 16.4 | 81.3 | 66.3 | 15.0 | 86.8 | 70.2 | 16.6 |
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Bahk, J.; Kang, H.-Y.; Khang, Y.-H. The Life Expectancy Gap between Registered Disabled and Non-Disabled People in Korea from 2004 to 2017. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2593. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142593
Bahk J, Kang H-Y, Khang Y-H. The Life Expectancy Gap between Registered Disabled and Non-Disabled People in Korea from 2004 to 2017. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(14):2593. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142593
Chicago/Turabian StyleBahk, Jinwook, Hee-Yeon Kang, and Young-Ho Khang. 2019. "The Life Expectancy Gap between Registered Disabled and Non-Disabled People in Korea from 2004 to 2017" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 14: 2593. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142593