Find Out How Many Healthy Years You Have
What if you knew exactly how many years you could extend your life by? Almost everyone has a bucket list to complete before their healthy “golden” years are gone: travel to never-seen places, run a marathon, learn to sail, get a degree, buy a cabin in a special spot, or spend a summer doing something life-changing. But would your plans change if you knew exactly how many healthy years you have left? There isn’t an app for that (yet), but researchers at the Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research have developed a calculator that they say comes pretty close. Type in your information and get results While The Healthy Life Expectancy Calculator isn’t the first of its kind, it is backed up by science. Research supports many factors of this model, such as how exercise, income, education, and diseases like diabetes can impact life expectancy. So, the calculator starts by asking questions based on your: Then, it digs into your lifestyle choices: How many days of the week do you exercise? Do you smoke? How often do you get into car accidents? How much do you drink? How do you actually feel about your health? As you go through the questions, you may find yourself consciously weighing up your lifestyle choices. Are you really be getting enough sleep? Is the number of alcoholic drinks accurate or a guesstimate (or an outright fib!)? What parts of your life surprise you? After you hit calculate, the algorithm breaks down the years you haven’t lived yet, pointing to the number of “healthy life” years you have left, along with your “unhealthy life” years. Fortunately, it doesn’t end on a “death note” The Healthy Life Expectancy Calculator lists ways you can extend your “healthy years” and tells you exactly how many years it can be prolonged by. (For example Continue reading >>
Best Ways To Increase Diabetes Life Expectancy
With diabetes becoming more prevalent, our children, for the first time in history, could have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. This doesn’t have to be. On average, diabetes will shorten life expectancy 7.5 years (for diabetic men aged 50) to 8.2 years (for diabetic women of 50). But you don’t have to be “average.” Typically, less than 60% of diabetics take medications correctly. So following the doctor’s orders is one step to beating the odds. Also, most people aren’t living healthy. Be different! Don’t skip health screenings, practice good nutrition, stay active. Here are some tips to get started. It is shocking how many people get medicine prescribed by a doctor and then simply don't take it. Medications (and surgery) are the main tools that doctors have to help people get well. If you have been prescribed medication (or lifestyle changes), the single best thing you can do for your life expectancy and to manage your diabetes is, well, take your medicine. It's not as easy as it sounds -- take some time to read up on how to create a strong, daily medication habit. Diabetes can wreak havoc with your circulation and your feet are one of the first places to show damage. One thing you can do to prevent damage to your feet when you have diabetes is to wash your feet daily in warm water, use lots of moisturizer, check your feet carefully for blisters and other problems and, most importantly, make sure your shoes actually fit. Making sure your shoes fit, are comfortable and don't damage your feet of one of the simplest things you can do to live better with diabetes. Everyone needs to exercise, but people with diabetes not only need to exercise to increase their life expectancy and improve their health (just like everyone else), people with diabetes Continue reading >>
Change In Life Expectancy With Type 2 Diabetes: A Study Using Claims Data From Lower Saxony, Germany
Abstract This study estimates life expectancy with and without type 2 diabetes for individuals in Lower Saxony, Germany in order to detect a trend in population health. Methods Morbidity and mortality data derived from German administrative claims data (statutory health insurance, AOK Niedersachsen, N = 2,900,065) were used covering 10 years from 2005 to 2014. Life table analysis was applied for calculating life expectancy, life expectancy free of type 2 diabetes, life expectancy with type 2 diabetes, and the proportion of life expectancy free of diabetes to total life expectancy using the Sullivan method. The total life expectancy increase is stronger in men than in women: At the age of 20, total life expectancy was 55.0 years in 2005 and 56.3 years in 2014 for men, whereas it was 61.7 years in 2005 and 62.5 years in 2014 for women. Decreases in life expectancy without type 2 diabetes were more pronounced in women than in men. Accordingly, life expectancy with type 2 diabetes increased in both women and in men. The proportion of life expectancy without diabetes to total life expectancy decreased, indicating a similar development in both. For example, at the age of 60, the proportion of life expectancy without diabetes to total life expectancy decreased from 0.75 in 2005 to 0.66 in 2014 for men, while it decreased from 0.77 in 2005 to 0.70 in 2014 for women. Against the background of increasing total life expectancy, the time spent in morbidity increased for the case of type 2 diabetes in Lower Saxony, Germany. Background Population aging leads to an increase in chronic diseases, with type 2 diabetes being one of the most relevant issues [1]. From 1980 to 2014, the global prevalence of diabetes in adults almost doubled because of an increase in type 2 diabetes [2]. Tama Continue reading >>
Life Expectancy For Type 1 Diabetes
New study shows recent improvement in years of life lost. With minimal studies to evaluate the impact of type 1 diabetes on life expectancy, studies have been developed to retrospectively look at the effects of diabetes on mortality. Diabetes was also compared to other disease states and causes that had an influence on years of life lost (YLL). The YLL of patients with type 1 diabetes and patients with other disease states were compared to those of the general healthy population. This autoimmune disorder accounts for 10% of all Americans diagnosed with diabetes, and the ability to prevent the development of type 1 diabetes is minimal. Causes have been linked to genetics, and viral infections such as mumps, rubella, cytomegalovirus, measles, influenza, encephalitis, polio, or Epstein-Barr virus. In a study conducted on Australians with type 1 diabetes between the years of 1997 and 2010, researchers looked at the estimated YLL of the type 1 diabetic patients compared to the general public. Researchers used the Chiang method to estimate life expectancy and Arriaga’s method to estimate the impact of age-specific and cause-specific mortalities. Results showed no disparity in terms of YLL from type 1 diabetes in women vs. men. When the YLL was organized into two groups, 1997-2003 and 2004-2010, the 2004-2010 groups showed improvement in life expectancies of 1.9 years in men and 1.5 years in women. Overall, over the time period of the study, patients with type 1 diabetes had a life expectancy of 12.2 years less than the general population. The majority of the YLL was attributed to endocrine and metabolic diseases that occurred between the ages of 10-39, and circulatory diseases that occurred after the age of 40. Medical advances over the years may account for the YLL improve Continue reading >>
Diabetes Cuts Years Off Life Span Of Americans
The study also shows that older adults with diabetes have a lower life expectancy at every age compared to people who do not have the disease. For example, researchers say, the difference at age 60 is 5.4 years; it’s one year by 90. The findings come from a new report commissioned by the National Academy on an Aging Society and was supported by Sanofi-aventis U.S., a pharmaceutical company. It was based on data provided by the Health and Retirement Study, a survey of more than 20,000 Americans over age 50 done every two years by the University of Michigan. “Given the rise in diabetes among boomers and seniors, these findings are alarming,” Greg O’Neill, PhD, director of the National Academy on an Aging Society, says in a news release. “They paint a stark picture of the impact of diabetes and its complications on healthy aging.” The study shows a significant increase over the past decade in the percentage of adults over age 50 with diabetes, from 11% of non-Hispanic whites in 1998 to 18% in 2008, coinciding with an alarming obesity epidemic affecting most population groups. The increase among adult non-Hispanic blacks has been even more alarming, from 22% to 32% in the past 10 years, study researchers say. Compared to older adults without diabetes, patients with the disease are less likely to be employed and more likely to have other health problems, such as heart disease, depression, and disabilities that get in the way of normal life activities, the researchers say. Scott M. Lynch, PhD, of Princeton University’s Office of Population Research, analyzed data on more than 20,000 adults over the age of 50. The study, described as a “profile,” was written by Nancy Maddox, MPH, a co-founder of Maren Enterprises, a consulting firm specializing in technical a Continue reading >>
This Calculator Can Guess How Many Healthy Years You Have Left
As the old saying goes, the only things certain in life are death and taxes. While death is inevitable, the quality of life you experience until death is often within an individual's control. This is what our team at the Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research chose to focus on by developing a rigorous measure of quality of life. How many healthy years of life do you have ahead before you become unhealthy? Everyone understands the benefits of living a long healthy life, but this also has implications for industry and society. Medical costs, financial planning and health support services are directly related to the state of health of an individual or community. We call this measure of quality of life "healthy life expectancy" and its complement "unhealthy life expectancy." We define entering an unhealthy state as a severe enough state of disablement that there is no recovery, so you remain unhealthy until death. It follows that life expectancy – a measure of the total future years an individual is expected to live – is simply the two added together. Calculating Imagine a healthy 60-year-old male who exercises regularly, has a healthy diet and healthy body mass index and sleeps at least eight hours a night. By our estimate, he could have an additional 13 years of healthy living compared to his unhealthy counterpart. That's 13 more years of quality living with family and loved ones. This is quite a startling revelation, not only because of the significant difference in healthy life expectancy between these two individuals, but also because this difference is driven by lifestyle choices within the individual's control. So what factors contribute to a better healthy life expectancy? Two factors that are not lifestyle-related are age and gender. All other things being equ Continue reading >>
Great News: Life Expenctancy Of People With Type 2 Diabetes Same As General Population
A brand new Dutch study published in PLos ONE came up with a dramatic finding that should reassure everyone diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes that their condition is not, necessarily, a death sentence. Since this study did not tout the usefulness any particular drug it got no play in the health media. But it may be the most important study published in the past couple months. Here's the full text of the study: Life Expectancy in a Large Cohort of Type 2 Diabetes Patients Treated in Primary Care (ZODIAC-10) Helen L. Lutgers et al. PLoS ONE 4(8): e6817. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006817 The authors' idea was to test the idea that the development of effective drug treatments for cardiovascular disease (i.e. ACE inhibitors, Statins, etc.) which have greatly improved survival for the non-diabetic population over the past decade might have also improved the survival of people with Type 2 Diabetes. What they concluded is that "This study shows a normal life expectancy in a cohort of subjects with type 2 diabetes patients in primary care when compared to the general population." Analyzing factors that predicted the likelihood of death, the study isolated only two: "a history of cardiovascular disease: hazard ratio (HR) 1.71 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.23–2.37), and HR 2.59 (95% CI 1.56–4.28); and albuminuria: HR 1.72 (95% CI 1.26–2.35), and HR 1.83 (95% CI 1.17–2.89)." Albuminuria means "protein in the urine" and is a marker damage to the kidney's filtration units. Interestingly, smoking, HbA1c, systolic blood pressure and diabetes duration did not predict the likelihood of death within the group of people with Type 2 Diabetes. Here is the most salient data from the study. I urge you to click on the link and read it in full: Table 1 The participants in this study mostly Continue reading >>
Life Expectancy Calculator
Your life expectancy is 93 years On average, women in Canada have a life expectancy at birth of 81 years, while men have a life expectancy at birth of 75 years. Don't like what you see? Go back and change some of your answers to see how different lifestyle decisions can improve the quality and length of your life. If your calculated life expectancy is below your actual age, then you are probably lucky to have good genes that help offset some the factors that would normally decrease your life expectancy. Disclaimer This calculator only provides an estimate based on statistical research. Results are only an estimate and do not predict exact life expectancy. Read on for information about the results of the life expectancy calculator. Question 3 Pollution Factors in the environment can affect your health and increase your risk of developing of certain illnesses. Air and water pollutants (including emissions from automobiles) can cause cancer and speed the process of aging. Find out about the quality of water and air in your city or town. You might consider using water purification methods in your home. Avoid using herbicides, pesticides, and certain fertilizers when caring for your lawn and garden at home. Questions 4 & 5 Family History Family history plays a role in health and longevity. If you have more than one relative who lived at least 90 years in good health, your chances of living healthy longer increase. Some health factors are in your genes! Certain forms of cancer, heart disease and diabetes are sometimes inherited. While you cannot control your genes, you can control certain other lifestyle factors that may help you live longer, healthier. Being physically active, living smoke-free, and eating a healthy diet can help you prevent illness. You should have a comple Continue reading >>
'when Will I Die?' Life Expectancy Calculator
Use our 'When will I die' life expectancy calculator to assess how long you will live, based on recent actuarial data. Once you know your life expectancy, you can estimate the length of your retirement, and how much money you'll need. Small (To find out, wrap your middle finger and your thumb aRound your wrist. If your fingers overlap, you have a small frame. If your fingers meet, you have a medium frame. If your fingers don't touch each other, you have a large frame.) If you don't have high blood pressure, skip the next two questions Did both your parents live past 70 with no cardiovascular problems before age 60? Do you have two or more siblings with cardiovascular problems? Have you had any accidents or moving violations in the last three years? Continue reading >>
Estimated Life Expectancy In A Scottish Cohort With Type 1 Diabetes, 2008-2010
Importance Type 1 diabetes has historically been associated with a significant reduction in life expectancy. Major advances in treatment of type 1 diabetes have occurred in the past 3 decades. Contemporary estimates of the effect of type 1 diabetes on life expectancy are needed. Objective To examine current life expectancy in people with and without type 1 diabetes in Scotland. We also examined whether any loss of life expectancy in patients with type 1 diabetes is confined to those who develop kidney disease. Design, Setting, and Participants Prospective cohort of all individuals alive in Scotland with type 1 diabetes who were aged 20 years or older from 2008 through 2010 and were in a nationwide register (n=24 691 contributing 67 712 person-years and 1043 deaths). Main Outcomes and Measures Differences in life expectancy between those with and those without type 1 diabetes and the percentage of the difference due to various causes. Results Life expectancy at an attained age of 20 years was an additional 46.2 years among men with type 1 diabetes and 57.3 years among men without it, an estimated loss in life expectancy with diabetes of 11.1 years (95% CI, 10.1-12.1). Life expectancy from age 20 years was an additional 48.1 years among women with type 1 diabetes and 61.0 years among women without it, an estimated loss with diabetes of 12.9 years (95% CI, 11.7-14.1). Even among those with type 1 diabetes with an estimated glomerular filtration rate of 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 or higher, life expectancy was reduced (49.0 years in men, 53.1 years in women) giving an estimated loss from age 20 years of 8.3 years (95% CI, 6.5-10.1) for men and 7.9 years (95% CI, 5.5-10.3) for women. Overall, the largest percentage of the estimated loss in life expectancy was related to ischemic hear Continue reading >>
Quiz: How Long Will You Live?
TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Americans can now expect to live longer than ever, a new government report finds. That’s largely because death rates are declining for the leading causes of death, like heart disease, cancer and stroke. How long will you live? These eight basic questions, calculated by two researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, are some of the most predictive of American life expectancy. “Those are the most important risk factors that we have solid evidence for,” Lyle Ungar, professor of computer and information science at the University of Pennsylvania, tells TIME. The one missing factor? “If you’re in a happy marriage, you will tend to live longer,” he says. “That’s perhaps as important as not smoking, which is to say: huge.” So feel free to give yourself a little bump if you’ve got a happy relationship. Find out yours in the quiz below (and if you’re on your phone, turn your device sideways): via Life Expectancy Calculator from Lyle Ungar and Dean Foster Read next: Eat More Mediterranean Foods Now: Your Later Self Will Thank You Continue reading >>
Life Expectancy For Type 1 Diabetes May Be Improving
(Reuters Health) - On average, people with type 1 diabetes die 11 to 13 years earlier than people without the condition, according to a new study from Scotland. While the news may be disheartening for people with type 1 diabetes, the study’s senior researcher said the new results are more encouraging than previous estimates that found larger gaps in life expectancies. An important message is that the difference in life expectancy is narrowing, said Dr. Helen Colhoun of the University of Dundee School of Medicine in Scotland. “It’s not zero,” she said. “The goal is to get it to zero.” Among people with type 1 diabetes, formerly known as juvenile diabetes, the body’s immune system destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Insulin removes sugar from the bloodstream so it can be used for energy. Instead, those people need to inject insulin and pay special attention to their blood sugar – or glucose – levels. Untreated, type 1 diabetes can lead to heart, blood vessel, kidney, eye, and nerve damage. About 29.1 million Americans have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 5 percent of those have type 1 diabetes. The researchers write in JAMA that according to earlier data from the U.K., people there with type 1 diabetes died an average of 15 to 20 years earlier than nondiabetics. A 1970s report put the decrease in life expectancy at 27 years for type 1 diabetics in the U.S., and a 1980s report from New Zealand put it at 16.5 years. “They’re mostly very old,” Colhoun said of the estimates. She said the correct information is important, because it shows how far care for type 1 diabetes has come. For the new study, the researchers used national data from Scotland on 24,691 people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes Continue reading >>
Living Longer With Diabetes
Diabetes tends to shorten your expected life. The good news is that you can do a lot to get those years back, and most of those things feel good. Studies disagree on exactly how much damage diabetes does. A Princeton University study of about 20,000 adults found that diabetes cuts about 8.5 years off the life expectancy of an average 50 year old, compared to a 50 year old without diabetes. Most of this early death comes from complications such as heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. People with diabetes are also less likely to be employed and more likely to be depressed and disabled, all of which can make life harder and potentially shorter, researchers found. However, a recent Dutch study published in the online journal PLOS One found much more encouraging results. People with Type 2 and an average age of 66 seem to have the same death rate as those without diabetes. Various factors influence death rates. According to the British site Diabetes.co.uk, “How soon diabetes was diagnosed, the progress of complications, and whether one has other existing conditions will all contribute to one’s life expectancy.” What to do Most complications of diabetes come from high blood sugars and high blood pressure. Too much sugar damages blood vessels and nerves. Almost any organ can fail given poor circulation caused by diabetes. According to mainstream medicine, the best way to lengthen life with Type 2 is to keep sugars down. In a typical recommendation, Diabetes.co.uk writes, “Keeping blood sugar levels within the recommended ranges will [reduce] the likelihood of complications and increase life expectancy…Enjoy a healthy lifestyle, with a well balanced diet, and regular activity.” If that doesn’t work, take medications, they say. With about ten categories of pr Continue reading >>
The Original Free Real Age Life Expectancy Calculator
Countries by Life Expectancy Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country would live if mortality rates at each age were to remain constant in the future. The life expectancy is shown separately for males and females, as well as a combined figure. Several non-sovereign entitiesare also included in this list. The figures reflect the quality of healthcare in the countries listed as well as other factors including ongoing wars, obesity, andHIVinfections. Worldwide, the average life expectancy at birth was 71.0 years (68.5 years for males and 73.5 years for females) over the period 2010-2013 according to United Nations World Population Prospects 2012 Revision, and 70.7 years (68.2 years for males and 73.2 years for females) for 2009 according toThe World Factbook. According to theWorld Health Organization(WHO), women on average live longer than men in all countries, with the exception ofTuvalu,Tonga,Kuwait, andQatar. Source: Wikipedia Running 5 Minutes A Day Might Add Years To Your Life Attention everyone who hates to run: Turns out, you only need to torture yourself for about five minutes a day to reap some important health benefits like adding years to your life. According to a new study published Monday in theJournal of the American College of Cardiology,those who jogged or ran for as little as five minutes a day reduced their risk of premature death by about three years. USA Today quotes the study's lead author, who says those who run for less than an hour a week reap the same health benefits as those who run more, regardless of age, gender or health conditions. "More [running] may not be better in relation to health benefits." To get these results, researchers studied the exercise habits of more than 55,000 adults between the ages Continue reading >>
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