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The oldest old in England and Wales
— a descriptive analysis based on the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study | | Author(s) | Jing Xie, Fiona E Mtthews, Carol Jagger |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 37, no 4, July 2008 |
| Pages | pp 396-402 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Nonagenarians ; Centenarians ; Longevity ; Living patterns ; Longitudinal surveys ; Cambridgeshire ; Gwynedd ; Newcastle upon Tyne ; Nottingham ; Oxford. |
| Annotation | The characteristics and survival of the oldest old in England and Wales are described, using data from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS), based on two rural and three urban sites. In total, 958 individuals aged 90+ and 24 aged 100+, had been interviewed at least once during the study. 27% were living in residential or nursing homes. Women aged 90+ were more likely to be living in residential and nursing homes, be widowed, have any disability, or have lower Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores. The centenarians were mostly cognitively or functionally impaired. The median survival times for those reaching their 90th (n=2,336), 95th (n=638) or 100th birthday (n=92) during the study were 3.7 years, 2.3 years and 2.1 years for women, and 2.9 years, 2 years and 2.2 years for men, respectively. Those living in residential and nursing homes had a shorter survival when aged 90, with similar non-significant effects for those aged 95 and 100. After age 100, the high mortality rate and small sample size limited the ability to detect any differences between the different groups. Even at the very earliest ages, most were living in non-institutionalised settings. Among the oldest old, women were frailer than men. Being male and living in residential nursing homes shortened survival in those aged 90+. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080808024 A |
| Classmark | BBR: BBT: BGA: K7: 3J: 8C: 98: 86A: 8NTF: 8OC |
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