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We used longitudinal data to estimate disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) trends for older people with a broad number of health conditions, identify the conditions that would result in the greatest improvement in DFLE, and describe the contribution of the underlying transitions.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods and findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS I and II) are both large population-based studies of those aged 65 years or over in England with identical sampling strategies (CFAS I response 81.7%, <jats:italic>N =<\/jats:italic> 7,635; CFAS II response 54.7%, <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 7,762). CFAS I baseline interviews were conducted in 1991 to 1993 and CFAS II baseline interviews in 2008 to 2011, both with 2 years of follow-up. Disability was measured using the modified Townsend activities of daily living scale. Long-term conditions (LTCs\u2014arthritis, cognitive impairment, coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes, hearing difficulties, peripheral vascular disease (PVD), respiratory difficulties, stroke, and vision impairment) were self-reported. Multistate models estimated life expectancy (LE) and DFLE, stratified by sex and study and adjusted for age. DFLE was estimated from the transitions between disability-free and disability states at the baseline and 2-year follow-up interviews, and LE was estimated from mortality transitions up to 4.5 years after baseline. In CFAS I, 60.8% were women and average age was 75.6 years; in CFAS II, 56.1% were women and average age was 76.4 years. Cognitive impairment was the only LTC whose prevalence decreased over time (odds ratio: 0.6, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.5 to 0.6, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001), and where the percentage of remaining years at age 65 years spent disability-free decreased for men (difference CFAS II\u2013CFAS I: \u22123.6%, 95% CI: \u22128.2 to 1.0, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.12) and women (difference CFAS II\u2013CFAS I: \u22123.9%, 95% CI: \u22127.6 to 0.0, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.04) with the LTC. For men and women with any other LTC, DFLE improved or remained similar. For women with CHD, years with disability decreased (\u22120.8 years, 95% CI: \u22123.1 to 1.6, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.50) and DFLE increased (2.7 years, 95% CI: 0.7 to 4.7, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.008), stemming from a reduction in the risk of incident disability (relative risk ratio: 0.6, 95% CI: 0.4 to 0.8, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.004). The main limitations of the study were the self-report of health conditions and the response rate. However, inverse probability weights for baseline nonresponse and longitudinal attrition were used to ensure population representativeness.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>In this study, we observed improvements to DFLE between 1991 and 2011 despite the presence of most health conditions we considered. 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