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Table 2 Total remaining life expectancy and remaining life expectancy spent living with different single diseases (in years), for Dutch men and women aged 65, 70, 75, 80 and 85 in 2007

From: Relative contribution of various chronic diseases and multi-morbidity to potential disability among Dutch elderly

Remaining life expectancy spend with a certain diseasea

Age

Remaining life expectancyb

Diabetes

CHF

CHD

COPD

Osteoarthritis

Dementia

Lung Cancer

Colon Cancer

Prostate/Breast Cancer

Stroke

Men

 65

17.4

7.0

2.3

7.6

3.7

7.1

0.6

0.1

0.6

1.6

2.3

 70

13.6

6.4

2.3

7.0

3.4

6.6

0.6

0.1

0.6

1.5

2.2

 75

10.3

5.7

2.3

6.2

3.0

6.0

0.6

0.1

0.5

1.4

2.0

 80

7.5

4.7

2.1

5.2

2.5

5.0

0.6

0.1

0.4

1.2

1.8

 85

5.3

3.2

1.7

3.7

1.9

3.3

0.5

0.0

0.3

0.9

1.4

Women

 65

20.9

6.5

2.1

5.0

4.2

11.7

1.0

0.1

0.5

1.6

2.1

 70

16.8

5.9

2.0

4.7

3.7

10.6

1.0

0.1

0.4

1.4

1.9

 75

12.9

5.1

1.9

4.2

3.1

9.2

1.0

0.0

0.4

1.2

1.7

 80

9.5

4.2

1.8

3.5

2.5

7.3

0.9

0.0

0.3

0.9

1.5

 85

6.6

3.0

1.4

2.6

1.8

4.8

0.7

0.0

0.2

0.7

1.1

  1. aThe average number of remaining life years Dutch men or women in 2007 at the specified age can expect to live with a certain disease
  2. bThe average number of remaining life years Dutch men or women in 2007 at the specified age can expect to live