Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

fernere Lebenserwartung

English translation:

age-adjusted life expectancy

Added to glossary by pamelajw
Jul 5, 2004 20:10
19 yrs ago
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German term

fernere Lebenserwartung

German to English Medical Medical: Health Care Epidemiology
The term is in a document reporting on health status of a population and epidemiological data, including life expectancy. The term is defined as the number of years a person can expect to live at a certain age, (as opposed to life expectancy at birth)

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age-adjusted life expectancy

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-07-05 20:17:56 GMT)
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http://www.elexi.de/en/c/co/communications_channel.html

**Age-Adjusted Life Expectancy** is the estimation of how long a person is expected to live based on their current age.
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agree Kim Metzger : http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Age-adjusted life ...
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Hi Kim, thanks for the link!
agree Mag. Sabine Senn
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agree David Hollywood
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agree Derek Gill Franßen : Yes, also without a hyphen.
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agree Kathinka van de Griendt
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks!"
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remaining life expectancy

... 6.4 years in 1992-96.For people aged 65, the latest figures for remaining life. expectancy show:• ... For women, remaining life expectancy was 20.8 years, 1.5 years more ...
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agree Dr. Fred Thomson : This would certainly carry the meaning and I'm sure I've seen it many times.
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thanks. I think both Olaf's and this answer are correct.
agree Derek Gill Franßen : I've seen this too...
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agree Gisela Greenlee
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relative life expectancy

Relatively low confidence level here. Anyway, HTH.
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