<<Conditional life expectancy for each age interval (i.e., the average number of years of life remaining in participants who attained the age at the beginning of the interval)>>
Great article! One observation regarding that chart. I think you need to add the 10 yrs old you were at the time of diagnosis. I say this as if you look at the chart for the first column say diagnosed at age 50 and follow that over, with your interpretation of the chart, they would die at age 31....
I think they could have made this clearer by adding the word additional; as in estimated additional life expectancy. I am sure this is likely defined somewhere, but with a quick look I did not find it.
I read the study again, and there are lots of caveats and other statistical gymnastics the authors used to try to nail things down. I can appreciate the complexity. But what now stands out to me is this statement from them: "The life expectancy at birth for the participants diagnosed with type 1 diabetes between 1950 and 1964 is 53.4 years." So, technically, I should have died in 2015.
Interestingly, their stats show that, if I'd been born just three years later, my life expectancy would be 68.8 years an increase of >15 years!
Found it!
<<Conditional life expectancy for each age interval (i.e., the average number of years of life remaining in participants who attained the age at the beginning of the interval)>>
Great article! One observation regarding that chart. I think you need to add the 10 yrs old you were at the time of diagnosis. I say this as if you look at the chart for the first column say diagnosed at age 50 and follow that over, with your interpretation of the chart, they would die at age 31....
I think they could have made this clearer by adding the word additional; as in estimated additional life expectancy. I am sure this is likely defined somewhere, but with a quick look I did not find it.
I read the study again, and there are lots of caveats and other statistical gymnastics the authors used to try to nail things down. I can appreciate the complexity. But what now stands out to me is this statement from them: "The life expectancy at birth for the participants diagnosed with type 1 diabetes between 1950 and 1964 is 53.4 years." So, technically, I should have died in 2015.
Interestingly, their stats show that, if I'd been born just three years later, my life expectancy would be 68.8 years an increase of >15 years!
Fantastic article! You're a terrific journalist and I love that you cite so many references.
Thank you so much Dan. I started taking insulin and 1974...