Life Expectancy Terms

[feitsw]

In doing a Google search for a type 1 life expectancy in the US in the year 1951, what terms are the best to use in this search? So far, results have been mixed, at best. :?

 

[Tracey69]

Hi
I think life expectancies can be really long. As long as you are prepared to do as your adviced and work hard in looking after ypurself.
Take a look a round the website.
Take care
Tracey

 

[feitsw]

Hi
I think life expectancies can be really long. As long as you are prepared to do as your adviced and work hard in looking after ypurself.
Take a look a round the website.
Take care
Tracey

Doesn't cut it. Google needs better terms than "really long." I am seeking an exact number, like 24.6

 

[twinkle1980]

Are you looking for statistics? In which case office national statistics in UK, or CDC in USA keeps health stats.

Just the year "won't cut it" though. Are you looking for mortality rates, diagnosed in 51, born in 51... Etc etc

You need to think hard about how you phrase your questions. Someone born in 51 and diagnoses at 3yo is going to have a different prognosis to someone born in 51 but diagnosed at 60yo.

Remember the statistics you want may not have been compiled in the way you want, and so you may have to gather the info from several reports and compile your own calculations.

After saying all that, remember its just a probability, gambling on heads or tails. It's not a guarentee and you shouldn't let it dictate your life decisions.

Hope it helps

Sal x

 

[phoenix]

As pointed out it's not really clear what info you want but this article looks at mortality in the first half of the 20th century and a bit beyond.. I would think that they have included most of the available data sources but they only demonstrate retrospective info. (NB Don't take it's opening paragraphs as correct: it's not up to date in terms of recent studies/expectations (from a 1995 book)
http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Mortal ... abetes.pdf

If you're looking for expectations for people diagnosed in 1951.

The Pittsburgh study looked at mortality in people diagnosed as children from 1950 onwards.
An earlier report is here
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/co ... l.pdf+html

and a recent one here (abstract only, unless you've got access you'll have to wait until next year for the full paper)
This one compares life expectancy at birth for the cohort diagnosed in 1950-65 compared with the cohort diagnosed between 1965 and 80
(68.8 for the later group/53.4 for the earlier group.)
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/co ... b11-1625v1
The other major study (Allegheny County )only dates back to 1965
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/12/2573.ful
Both studies are limited in that they only deal with the population in a small area.

But there are of course people who were diagnosed over 60 years ago who are still around to tell the tale.

 

[MYY]

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html

 

[feitsw]

Excellent URL references. I had read the first two some years back. The two professional journals are chock-full of well-researched data also. I have used some of these in the public speaking I do, realizing full well that people, unless they have a somewhat sophisticated understanding of statistical data, sometimes draw incorrect conclusions.

Thanks, again.

As pointed out it's not really clear what info you want but this article looks at mortality in the first half of the 20th century and a bit beyond.. I would think that they have included most of the available data sources but they only demonstrate retrospective info. (NB Don't take it's opening paragraphs as correct: it's not up to date in terms of recent studies/expectations (from a 1995 book)
http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Mortality%20in%20Insulin-Dependent%20Diabetes.pdf

If you're looking for expectations for people diagnosed in 1951.

The Pittsburgh study looked at mortality in people diagnosed as children from 1950 onwards.
An earlier report is here
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/3/271.full.pdf+html

and a recent one here (abstract only, unless you've got access you'll have to wait until next year for the full paper)
This one compares life expectancy at birth for the cohort diagnosed in 1950-65 compared with the cohort diagnosed between 1965 and 80
(68.8 for the later group/53.4 for the earlier group.)
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2012/07/27/db11-1625.abstract?patientinform-links=yes&legid=diabetes;db11-1625v1
The other major study (Allegheny County )only dates back to 1965
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/12/2573.ful
Both studies are limited in that they only deal with the population in a small area.

But there are of course people who were diagnosed over 60 years ago who are still around to tell the tale.

 

[feitsw]

PS I'm the one telling the tale.

Excellent URL references. I had read the first two some years back. The two professional journals are chock-full of well-researched data also. I have used some of these in the public speaking I do, realizing full well that people, unless they have a somewhat sophisticated understanding of statistical data, sometimes draw incorrect conclusions.

Thanks, again.

As pointed out it's not really clear what info you want but this article looks at mortality in the first half of the 20th century and a bit beyond.. I would think that they have included most of the available data sources but they only demonstrate retrospective info. (NB Don't take it's opening paragraphs as correct: it's not up to date in terms of recent studies/expectations (from a 1995 book)
http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Mortality%20in%20Insulin-Dependent%20Diabetes.pdf

If you're looking for expectations for people diagnosed in 1951.

The Pittsburgh study looked at mortality in people diagnosed as children from 1950 onwards.
An earlier report is here
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/3/271.full.pdf+html

and a recent one here (abstract only, unless you've got access you'll have to wait until next year for the full paper)
This one compares life expectancy at birth for the cohort diagnosed in 1950-65 compared with the cohort diagnosed between 1965 and 80
(68.8 for the later group/53.4 for the earlier group.)
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2012/07/27/db11-1625.abstract?patientinform-links=yes&legid=diabetes;db11-1625v1
The other major study (Allegheny County )only dates back to 1965
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/12/2573.ful
Both studies are limited in that they only deal with the population in a small area.

But there are of course people who were diagnosed over 60 years ago who are still around to tell the tale.

 

[feitsw]

Thanks. I am aware of how to handle statistical data. having written several stochastic models myself. It's the hard data that's hard to come by. :thumbup:

Are you looking for statistics? In which case office national statistics in UK, or CDC in USA keeps health stats.

Just the year "won't cut it" though. Are you looking for mortality rates, diagnosed in 51, born in 51... Etc etc

You need to think hard about how you phrase your questions. Someone born in 51 and diagnoses at 3yo is going to have a different prognosis to someone born in 51 but diagnosed at 60yo.

Remember the statistics you want may not have been compiled in the way you want, and so you may have to gather the info from several reports and compile your own calculations.

After saying all that, remember its just a probability, gambling on heads or tails. It's not a guarentee and you shouldn't let it dictate your life decisions.

Hope it helps

Sal x

 

[DarkForcesRebel]

If you control it, it will be fine

 

[skhwoody]

The link is quite a sobering read, thanks