Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of patients with advanced schistosomiasis in Hunan Province, China

Table 1 The life expectancy of advanced schistosomiasis patients and general population

Age group	Advanced schistosomiasis patients (a)				General population (b)				LE gap between two groups (b–a)
	Total	Male	Female	Gender gap	Total	Male	Female	Gender gap	Total	Male	Female
15–19	49.51	48.86	51.07	2.21	69.65	68.29	71.25	2.96	20.14	19.43	20.18
20–24	44.51	43.86	46.07	2.21	65.03	63.98	66.25	2.27	20.52	20.12	20.18
25–29	41.06	39.90	44.07	4.17	60.03	58.98	61.25	2.27	18.97	19.08	17.18
30–34	36.06	34.90	39.07	4.17	55.03	53.98	56.25	2.27	18.97	19.08	17.18
35–39	33.50	32.74	35.46	2.72	50.03	48.98	51.25	2.27	16.53	16.24	15.79
40–44	30.98	30.27	32.69	2.42	45.03	43.98	46.25	2.27	14.05	13.71	13.56
45–49	28.27	27.71	29.50	1.79	40.03	38.98	41.25	2.27	11.76	11.27	11.75
50–54	25.12	24.92	25.46	0.54	35.77	34.99	36.66	1.67	10.65	10.07	11.20
55–59	22.00	21.90	22.10	0.20	31.13	30.17	32.22	2.05	9.13	8.27	10.12
60–64	18.74	18.70	18.69	− 0.01	26.65	25.98	27.43	1.45	7.91	7.28	8.74
65–69	15.44	15.61	14.94	− 0.67	22.69	22.12	23.37	1.25	7.25	6.51	8.43
70–74	12.06	12.22	11.58	− 0.64	18.63	18.35	18.97	0.62	6.57	6.13	7.39
75–79	8.62	8.81	8.06	− 0.75	15.37	15.11	15.70	0.59	6.75	6.30	7.64
80–84	6.22	6.16	5.99	− 0.17	12.72	12.93	12.63	− 0.30	6.50	6.77	6.64
≥ 85	3.22	3.55	2.12	− 1.43	11.24	11.91	10.71	− 1.20	8.02	8.36	8.59

Gender gap, calculated as the LE of females minus that of males within each age group
LE life expectancy

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