[Development and application of health indicators of life expectancy].

Health indicators of life expectancy are widely used to evaluate the overall health level of population or the disease burden in population. With the increase of the cohorts to which long-term follow-ups were made, more studies have explored the influencing factors of such indicators. This paper summarizes the commonly used indicators and their definitions, the basic principles of calculation, and the application of such indicators in the epidemiological studies of chronic diseases.期望寿命相关指标是目前应用最为广泛的衡量人群总体健康水平或疾病负担的指标之一。随着长期随访的人群队列的增加，越来越多的研究开始探索此类指标的影响因素。本文将就期望寿命相关研究中较常采用的指标及其定义、计算的基本原理和在慢性病流行病学研究中的应用实例进行综述。.