Resumen

SEUC, Armando H.; DOMINGUEZ, Emma  y  DIAZ DIAZ, Oscar.           Adjusted-diabetes life expectancy. Rev Cubana Endocrinol [online]. 2003, vol.14, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2953.

Diabetes is one of the non-conveyable chronic diseases of higher impact due to its morbidity and mortality. In Cuba, this impact on morbidity has not been quantified into a unique index that covers relative severity of diabetes and its complications. Disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALE) is a relatively recent indicator that allows quantifying the effect of morbidity from any disease, particularly diabetes and its complications, on life expectancy. This paper estimated DALE for diabetes for the years 1990, 1995 and 2000, which facilitated the comparative study of the impact of morbidity from diabetes (and its complications) between men and woman in the course of these three years. It was observed that the negative impact of morbidity from diabetes and its sequelae on life expectancy increased throughout the whole studied period, but this increase was more remarkable in women who showed a reduction rate in life expectancy due to this disease higher than that of men in the 3 analyzed years. The morbidity burden from diabetes and its sequelae increased with the age in the three years under study.

Palabras clave : diabetes; morbidity; life expectancy; quality of life.