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Perceived age as a predictor of old age mortality — a 13-year prospective study
Author(s)	Virpi Uotinen, Taina Rantanen, Timo Suutama
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 34, no 4, July 2005
Pages	pp 368-372
Source	http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org
Keywords	Ageing process ; Mental ageing ; Attitude ; Death ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Finland.
Annotation	Indicators of perceived age may provide useful information when trying to identify people at increased risk of deterioration in their health. As part of the Evergreen project, a prospective population-based study of 395 men and 770 women aged 65-84 in Jyväskylä, Finland, this interview study focused on functional capacity. Over the 13 years of the study, mortality rates per 1000 person years from the older to the younger perceived physical age category were 99, 65 and 59 in men, and 81, 54 and 36 in women. In the perceived mental age categories, correspondingly, mortality rates were 139, 63 and 64 in men, and 82, 55 and 44 in women. The risk of mortality was not entirely explained by the effects of baseline chronological age, educational status or health indicators. Perceived age may indicate general well-being and faith in the future, potentially reflecting changes in health. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050722211 A
Classmark	BG: D6: DP: CW: 49: 3J: 76L
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