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Table 5 Population attributable fractions (PAFs) for the contribution of healthy ageing and self-rated health to mortality and incident dependence

From: Healthy ageing and the prediction of mortality and incidence dependence in low- and middle- income countries: a 10/66 population-based cohort study

Population attributable fraction (95% CI)

 

Healthy ageing

Self-rated health

 

Mortality

Cuba

44.0% (34.7–52.0%)

19.2% (11.3–26.5%)

Dominican Republic

33.6% (17.2–46.8%)

6.1% (−4.5–15.6%)

Mexico

32.4% (4.8–52.0%)

18.5% (4.6–30.4%)

Peru

52.5% (31.2–67.3%)

17.0% (−0.3–31.3%)

Puerto Rico

51.0% (34.5–63.3%)

19.8% (7.7–30.3%)

Venezuela

49.1% (33.7–60.9%)

30.0% (16.3–41.4%)

Weighted Mean

43.6%

18.4%

 

Incident dependence

Cuba

57.7% (44.5–67.7%)

16.8% (5.2–27.0%)

Dominican Republic

58.0% (43.8–68.6%)

7.4% (−3.6–17.3%)

Mexico

61.4% (40.4–75.0%)

18.3% (4.5–30.1%)

Peru

64.8% (44.6–77.6%)

24.6% (8.2–38.1%)

Puerto Rico

58.6% (45.8–68.4%)

6.7% (−5.2–17.3%)

Venezuela

51.3% (38.2–61.6%)

29.8% (18.1–39.9%)

Weighted Mean

58.6%

17.0%

  1. CI Confidence Interval, Results are adjusted for age, sex, education level, number of assets; weighted mean is calculated by considering the number of participants in each country