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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) |