En 2003, en France, un homme âgé de 35 ans peut espérer vivre encore 43 ans, dont 28 indemne de toute incapacité, une femme, 49 ans, dont 29 indemne d'incapacité. Les incapacités les plus sévères, impliquant éventuellement une situation de dépendance, n'occupent en moyenne que 3...

In 2003, in France, men aged 35 could expect to live a further 43 years, including 28 free of disability, and a woman a further 49 years, including 29 free of disability. For men, only 3 years of life on average are spent with the most severe disability, often resulting in dependence, and for...

Mortality differentials between French occupations and occupational classes are large and widening. But considerable inequalities also exist within occupational classes by career history. Changes in the labour market and occupational pathways in recent decades ? notably among women ? have...

Cambois (Emmanuelle), Robin? (Jean-Marie), Brouard (Nicolas).- Life expectancies applied to specific statuses: a history of the indicators and the methods of calculation Indicators of life expectancy applied to specific statuses, such as the state of health or professional status, were...

In 2002-2003, the French Health Survey included ? for the third time since 1980 ? a general question on ?limitations or handicaps in daily life?. The responses obtained suggest that the prevalence of disability has fallen far more rapidly in the past decade than in earlier periods. Indeed, the...