Working life expectancy (WLE) of the workers with a chronic disease at age 55 years
| Cohort 1992 (n=137) | Cohort 2002 (n=251) | Cohort 2012 (n=324) | ||||
| Years | 95% CI | Years | 95% CI | Years | 95% CI | |
| Workers in general | ||||||
| Total WLE | 5.2 | 4.4 to 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.1 to 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.1 to 7.5 |
| Healthy WLE | 4.1 | 3.3 to 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 to 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 to 5.9 |
| Unhealthy WLE | 1.1 | 0.7 to 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 to 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 to 2.1 |
| Workers with good health | ||||||
| Total WLE | 5.5 | 4.5 to 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.2 to 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.1 to 7.7 |
| Healthy WLE | 4.9 | 4.0 to 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 to 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.5 to 7.0 |
| Unhealthy WLE | 0.5 | 0.2 to 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 to 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 to 1.1 |
| Workers with poor health | ||||||
| Total WLE | 4.7 | 3.3 to 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 to 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.5 to 7.3 |
| Healthy WLE | 2.3 | 1.2 to 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 to 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 to 3.7 |
| Unhealthy WLE | 2.4 | 1.6 to 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 to 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 to 4.3 |