Healthy life expectancy in Brazil: applying the Sullivan method Expectativa de vida saudável no Brasil: uma aplicação do método de Sullivan

The objective of this study is to present the method proposed by Sullivan and to estimate the healthy life expectancy using different measures of state of health, based on information from the World Health Survey carried out in Brazil in 2003. By combining information on mortality and morbidity into...

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Main Authors: Dalia Elena Romero, Iúri da Costa Leite, Célia Landmann Szwarcwald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2005-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2005000700002