Vývoj naděje dožití v České a Slovenské republice od rozdělení společného státu
Trends in life expectancy in the Czech and Slovak Republics since the split of Czechoslovakia

Summary/Abstract: In 1993, the division of Czechoslovakia into two independent entities, the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, took place. During the 70 years of their co-existence in one country, considerable regional differences in the life expectancy at birth were decreasing for both men and women. Since the separation, the life expectancies of the Czech and Slovak population have been diverging. Based on decomposition of the difference in the life expectancies, it is obvious that there are disparities in mortality at higher ages. Using the EU-SILC data on self-perceived health and reported disability, we show that the differences are apparent also with respect to the healthy life expectancies. In the Slovak Republic, the healthy life-expectancies in good self-perceived health or without daily limitation were lower in comparison with the Czech Republic in the period 2005–2012. The decomposition of the difference in life expectancy by disability and age distinguishes the disability component and the mortality component. This decomposition shows that the disability component is larger than the mortality component. This finding suggests that the difference might be linked to cultural differences. Applying concept of the Hofstede et al. (2010) cultural dimensions the cultural differences in disparities between healthy life expectancies in the Czech and Slovak Republic was not directly proved.

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