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Table 4 Total remaining life expectancy and remaining life expectancy spent living with different combinations of 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

CHF + CHD

Dementia + stroke

Diabetes + Osteoarthritis

CHF+ Osteoarthritis

CHF + CHD+ Diabetes

Dementia + stroke + CHF

Dementia + Stroke +lung cancer

Dementia +stroke +colon cancer

Dementia +stroke +Prostate /breast Cancer

Diabetes + osteoarthritis + dementia

CHF + osteoarthritis + COPD

Men

 65

17.4

5.8

1.8

11.2

5.5

7.0

1.9

0.3

1.0

1.8

5.2

4.8

 70

13.6

5.6

1.8

10.6

5.4

6.9

2.0

0.3

1.0

1.8

4.9

4.6

 75

10.3

5.4

1.8

9.6

5.3

6.6

2.1

0.2

1.1

1.8

4.6

4.4

 80

7.5

5.2

1.9

7.9

5.0

6.2

2.5

0.2

1.3

2.1

4.7

4.2

 85

5.3

5.0

2.1

4.9

4.3

5.2

3.8

0.4

2.2

3.2

5.0

4.9

Women

 65

20.9

4.8

2.3

14.2

9.1

6.8

2.4

0.4

1.3

2.2

7.9

8.6

 70

16.8

4.7

2.2

12.9

8.4

6.4

2.4

0.4

1.3

2.1

7.1

7.9

 75

12.9

4.5

2.1

11.2

7.6

6.0

2.4

0.4

1.3

2.0

6.2

7.2

 80

9.5

4.2

2.0

9.0

6.5

5.6

2.5

0.4

1.3

1.9

5.6

6.4

 85

6.6

3.9

1.9

6.0

5.3

5.4

3.1

0.5

1.6

2.4

5.7

5.9

  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