Table 2 Life expectancies of Japanese with different blood pressure status from NIPPON DATA80, 24-year follow-up, 1980–1999, Japan

From: Hypertension and life expectancy among Japanese: NIPPON DATA80

  

Blood pressure categories

      

Hypertension

  

No hypertension

Hypertension

Stage 1

Stage 2

Gender

Index age (years)

LE

95%CI

LE

95%CI

LE

95%CI

LE

95%CI

Men

         
 

40

41.7

(41.0, 42.5)

39.5

(38.8, 40.3)

40.6

(39.2, 42.0)

39.2

(38.3, 40.1)

 

45

36.9

(36.1, 37.7)

34.8

(34.1, 35.5)

35.6

(34.2, 37.0)

34.6

(33.8, 35.4)

 

50

32.3

(31.6, 33.1)

30.5

(29.9, 31.1)

31.3

(30.0, 32.5)

30.3

(29.6, 31.0)

 

55

27.8

(27.1, 28.5)

26.0

(25.4, 26.5)

26.9

(25.8, 28.1)

25.7

(25.0, 26.4)

 

60

23.4

(22.7, 24.2)

21.9

(21.4, 22.4)

22.9

(21.9, 24.0)

21.6

(21.0, 22.2)

 

65

19.4

(18.7, 20.1)

17.9

(17.4, 18.4)

18.6

(17.7, 19.6)

17.7

(17.1, 18.2)

 

70

15.6

(14.9, 16.2)

14.2

(13.7, 14.6)

15.1

(14.3, 16.0)

13.9

(13.3, 14.4)

 

75

12.2

(11.6, 12.8)

11.0

(10.6, 11.4)

11.7

(11.0, 12.5)

10.7

(10.2, 11.2)

 

80

9.2

(8.7, 9.8)

8.5

(8.2, 8.9)

9.2

(8.6, 9.8)

8.3

(7.9, 8.7)

 

85

7.2

(6.8, 7.7)

6.6

(6.4, 6.8)

7.1

(6.7, 7.5)

6.4

(6.2, 6.7)

Women

         
 

40

48.7

(48.0, 49.3)

45.8

(45.0, 46.6)

47.0

(45.9, 48.2)

44.9

(43.9, 46.0)

 

45

43.9

(43.2, 44.5)

41.0

(40.3, 41.7)

42.0

(40.9, 43.2)

40.2

(39.3, 41.2)

 

50

39.1

(38.5, 39.7)

36.5

(35.9, 37.1)

37.3

(36.3, 38.3)

35.9

(35.1, 36.7)

 

55

34.3

(33.7, 35.0)

32.0

(31.4, 32.5)

32.9

(32.0, 33.7)

31.3

(30.5, 32.0)

 

60

29.8

(29.2, 30.4)

27.6

(27.1, 28.0)

28.3

(27.5, 29.0)

26.9

(26.2, 27.5)

 

65

25.3

(24.7, 25.9)

23.1

(22.7, 23.6)

23.7

(22.9, 24.4)

22.5

(21.9, 23.1)

 

70

21.0

(20.4, 21.6)

19.0

(18.6, 19.5)

19.6

(18.9, 20.2)

18.5

(17.9, 19.0)

 

75

17.1

(16.5, 17.6)

15.1

(14.7, 15.5)

15.4

(14.8, 16.0)

14.7

(14.2, 15.1)

 

80

13.5

(13.0, 14.0)

11.8

(11.4, 12.1)

12.1

(11.6, 12.5)

11.3

(10.9, 11.7)

 

85

10.5

(10.1, 11.0)

9.1

(8.9, 9.4)

9.2

(8.7, 9.4)

8.9

(8.6, 9.1)

  1. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals; LE, life expectancy; NIPPON DATA80, National Integrated Project for Prospective Observation of Non-communicable Disease and its Trends in the Aged.
  2. Hypertension stages are based on blood pressure measurement, irrespective of medication.