Disability free life expectancy in Iran

Over the course of the twentieth century, life expectancy at birth in the Iran by more than 20 years for both men and women; and in some parts life expectancy at birth almost doubled in these years. Life expectancy is an important indicator of the level of mortality in a Population. In Iran, the life expectancy varies from state to state depending on their mortality levels’.
The objectives of the study to estimate disability free life expectancy for Iranian people in 2006.
Documentary method and secondary data are used for the study. The data was taken from 2006 National Population and Housing Census by statistical Centre of Iran (SCI) and National Organization for civil registration (ASDR). Statistical and demographic techniques are utilized for the analysis.
Finding: For all countries, DFLE values decline as age increases for both sexes, with a pronounced decline among women. life expectancy at birth for combined population was 76 years, for males it was 74 years and females 78 years, that means life expectancy of female was high than males. The proportion of expected life free of disability was lower for females than males particularly among older people.

Key words: Disability, life table and life expectancy