Evaluating compression or expansion of morbidity in Canada: trends in life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy from 1994 to 2010

• Published in: Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
• Main Authors: Colin Steensma, Lidia Loukine, Bernard C. K. Choi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Public Health Agency of Canada 2017
• Subjects: life expectancy; health expectancy; compression; expansion; mortality; morbidity; trend; health-related quality of life; Medicine (General); R5-920; Newfoundland; Canada; Hale; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.37.3.02; https://doaj.org/article/abf9b490df874e2f9a20fd339e5add8c

Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate whether morbidity in Canada, at the national and provincial levels, is compressing or expanding by tracking trends in life expectancy (LE) and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) from 1994 to 2010. "Compression" refers to a de...