Seminar "Modern demography" Topic: Average life expectancy and life years lost. Presentation by Vladimir Canudas-Romo
The International Laboratory Population and Health of the HSE cordially invites you to the next session of the scientific seminar "Modern Demography," which will be held September 7. Our guest is Vladimir Canudas-Romo , PhD, associate professor of School of demography at College of arts and social sciences of Australian national university.
Average life expectancy and life years lost
The term “life expectancy” represents the “average age at death” or the “average lifetime lived” by members of a life table cohort. Although life expectancy by definition is an average measure, it is common to find the term “average life expectancy” in the scientific literature, particularly in medical and epidemiological journals. We look at multistate life tables and show that it is important to make a clear use of “average life expectancy” to denote the expected survival time in a given state when its members enter at different ages. Furthermore, the simple mathematical formulations of the “average life expectancy” also allow us to calculate an “average life years lost”. Looking at a “health-disease” model and at Danish data, we show the disadvantage way in which persons with mental health disorders live/die in a population.
Time: 15.00 - 17.00
Venue: Bolshoy Trehsvyatitelsky pereulok, 3, Room 438.
Working language will be English.
If you need to order a pass to the building of the HSE, please inform about your participation by e-mail vsokolova@hse.ru (Vera Sokolova) by 12.00 on September 7, 2018.