Ethnic differences in disability-free life expectancy and disabled life expectancy in older adults in Chile.

"Declarations Ethical approval and consent to participateThis work is the result of the project “Study of ethnic disparities in the health of older adults in Chile” which was reviewed and approved by the Scientific Ethics Committee of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA) of the University of Chile (Approval record No. 10, year 2020). The study uses data from the EDES survey, which was applied to a representative sample of Mapuche and non-indigenous Chilean older adults, all of whom were asked for informed consent to participate in the study. Consent for publicationNot applicable’ for that section. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This study was supported by the Chilean National Research and Development Agency (ANID) (PAI-Convocatoria Nacional Subvención a la Instalación en la Academia 2019, Folio 77190035). The results of this study are the responsibility of the authors and they do not in any way commit the institution."