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Descriptor English: Active Life Expectancy
Descriptor Spanish: Esperanza de Vida Activa
Descriptor esperanza de vida activa
Entry term(s) esperanza de vida exenta de incapacidad
esperanza de vida libre de incapacidad
expectativa de vida activa
expectativa de vida exenta de incapacidad
expectativa de vida libre de incapacidad
Scope note: Número promedio de años que se estima que un individuo vivirá libre de discapacidad si se aplican los actuales patrones de mortalidad y discapacidad. Se trata de una abstracción estadística basada en las tasas vigentes de fallecimiento a determinada edad y, o en las prevalencias de discapacidad por edad, o en las tasas de transición a la discapacidad por edad. (Traducción libre del original: A Dictionary of Epidemiology / edited for the International Epidemiological Association by Miquel Porta; associate editors, John M. Last [et al.]. 5th ed, 2008)
Descriptor Portuguese: Expectativa de Vida Ativa
Descriptor French: Espérence de Vie Active
Entry term(s): Disability-Free Life Expectancy
Tree number(s): SP3.311.300.392.356.677
Scope note: The average number of years an individual is expected to live free of disability if current patterns of mortality and disability continue to apply. A statistical abstraction based on existing age-specific death rates and either age-specific disability prevalences or age-specific disability transition rates. (From: A Dictionary of Epidemiology / edited for the International Epidemiological Association by Miquel Porta; associate editors, John M. Last [et al.]. 5th ed, 2008)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 50288
Unique ID: DDCS050288
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Active Life Expectancy - Preferred
Concept UI FD00061456
Scope note The average number of years an individual is expected to live free of disability if current patterns of mortality and disability continue to apply. A statistical abstraction based on existing age-specific death rates and either age-specific disability prevalences or age-specific disability transition rates. (From: A Dictionary of Epidemiology / edited for the International Epidemiological Association by Miquel Porta; associate editors, John M. Last [et al.]. 5th ed, 2008)
Preferred term Active Life Expectancy
Entry term(s) Disability-Free Life Expectancy



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