Health Expectations for Older Women

This essential book examines the latest research on life expectancy and “active life expectancy”—the number of years that women can expect to live free from major disability—in developed and developing countries around the world. It also explores the policy implications of the contributors' findings. Includes a global study using data from the World Health Organization, a European study using data from OECD countries, and studies of women in the United Kingdom, Fiji, The Netherlands, Japan, Canada, and the United States.