Potential gains in life expectancy of Kuwaiti nationals through partial and complete elimination of infectious and parasitic disease mortality

This study attempts to estimate potential gains in life expectancy in 1984 through partial and complete elimination of infectious and parasitic diseases among Kuwaiti nationals. For deriving these estimates, a multiple decrement life table approach was applied. The results of the study show that com...

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Published inAPMIS. Acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica. Supplementum Vol. 3; p. 88
Main Authors al-Bustan, M A, el-Zein, F M, Kohli, B R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Denmark 1988
Subjects
Age Factors
Communicable Disease Control
Communicable Diseases - mortality
Humans
Kuwait
Life Expectancy
Parasitic Diseases - mortality
Parasitic Diseases - prevention & control
Kuwait
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Summary:This study attempts to estimate potential gains in life expectancy in 1984 through partial and complete elimination of infectious and parasitic diseases among Kuwaiti nationals. For deriving these estimates, a multiple decrement life table approach was applied. The results of the study show that complete elimination of infectious and parasitic disease mortality would further add 0.45 years to the life expectancy at birth of Kuwaiti males and 0.54 yr to that of Kuwaiti females. A partial reduction by 50% would result in gains of just one-half of the years gained through complete elimination of these causes. Also, as partial reduction is increased from 10% to 90%, the gains in life expectancy at birth would go up from 0.04 yr to 0.40 yr in the case of Kuwaiti males and 0.06 to 0.48 yr for Kuwaiti females.
ISSN:0903-465X