Health Profiles and Profile-Specific Health Expectancies of Older Women and Men: The Netherlands Dorly J. H. Deeg, PhD France Portrait, PhD Maarten Lindeboom, PhD SUMMARY. This study focuses on gender differences in health profiles, and examines which health profiles drive gender differences in remaining life expectancy in women and men aged 65 and over in The Netherlands. Data from the first two cycles of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (n = 2,141 and 1,659, respectively) were used to calculate health profiles for individuals of 65-85 years. For both women and men, six profiles were found: I. cancer; II. “other” chronic diseases; III. cognitive impair- ment; IV. frailty or multimorbidity; V. cardiovascular diseases; and VI. good health. The further characterization of these types showed some gen- Dorly J. H. Deeg is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine and France Portrait and Maarten Lindeboom are affiliated with the Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam is mainly funded by a long-term grant from The Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports. Address correspondence to: Dorly J. H. Deeg, PhD, Vrije Universiteit / Faculty of Medicine / LASA, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Room H-036, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands (E-mail: djh.deeg.emgo@med.vu.nl); (website: http://ssg.scw.vu. nl/lasa/#Deeg). [Haworth co-indexing entry note]: “Health Profiles and Profile-Specific Health Expectancies of Older Women and Men: The Netherlands.” Deeg, Dorly J. H., France Portrait, and Maarten Lindeboom. Co-pub- lished simultaneously in Journal of Women & Aging (The Haworth Press, Inc.) Vol. 14, No. 1/2, 2002, pp. 27-46; and: Health Expectations for Older Women: International Perspectives (ed: Sarah B. Laditka) The Haworth Press, Inc., 2002, pp. 27-46. Single or multiple copies of this article are available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service [1-800-HAWORTH 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EST). E-mail address: getinfo@haworthpressinc.com].  2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 27