Life expectancy (LE) estimates are insensitive to the health status of the population.
They provide no indication of the quality of life, only the quantity
Moving beyond LE are the indicators below:
1 HALE (Health – Adjusted Life Expectancy)
2 “Sullivan’s index” or Disability – free life expectancy or Active life expectancy
3 QALY (Quality – adjusted life years)
4 Disability – adjusted life years (DALY)
HALE (Health – Adjusted Life Expectancy): http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/hale-health-%E2%80%93-adjusted-life-expectancy
Sullivan’s index’ or ‘Disability Free Life Expectancy’ or “Active Life Expectancy” http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/%E2%80%98sullivan%E2%80%99s-index%E2%80%99-...
QALY (Quality – adjusted life years): http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/qualy-quality-%E2%80%93-adjusted-life-years
DALY (Disability Adjusted Life Years): http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/disability-adjusted-life-years-daly
Differences between QUALY and DALY: http://www.ihatepsm.com/blog/differences-between-qualy-and-daly