Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is a prominent summary indicator for evaluating and comparing the levels of population health status across Europe. Variations in HLE, however, do not necessarily reflect underlying differences in health and mortality levels among countries and are particularly...

Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is a prominent summary indicator for evaluating and comparing the levels of population health status across Europe. Variations in HLE, however, do not necessarily reflect underlying differences in health and mortality levels among countries and are particularly...

The conventional approach to gauging mortality convergence in Europe relies on life expectancy estimates ( e0${{e}^0}$) at the national level. However, mortality can differ within countries significantly. To better apprehend whether Europe's mortality patterns have been converging or diverging...

A central question of interdisciplinary health research is whether the life years gained through increasing life expectancy are primarily spent in good or poor health. Two opposing models have been proposed: "expansion of morbidity" and "compression of morbidity". Existing research based on...

4802 This paper provides an overview of past and expected future trends in life expectancy in populations of today's low mortality countries. Because these populations previously experienced strong decreases in infant mortality, the future mortality trends will be driven mainly by mortality...

A central question of interdisciplinary health research is whether the life years gained through increasing life expectancy are primarily spent in good or poor health. Two opposing models have been proposed: "expansion of morbidity" and "compression of morbidity". Existing research based on...

The number of scholars following the tempo approach in fertility continues to grow, whereas tempo-adjustment in mortality generally still is rejected. This rejection is irrational in principle, as the basic idea behind the tempo approach is independent of the kind of demographic event. Providing...

This paper provides an overview of past and expected future trends in life expectancy in populations of today's low mortality countries. Because these populations previously experienced strong decreases in infant mortality, the future mortality trends will be driven mainly by mortality among the...