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| Lifetime according to health status among the oldest olds in Denmark | | Author(s) | Henrik Bronnum-Hansen, Inge Petersen, Bernard Jeune |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 38, no 1, January 2009 |
| Pages | pp 47-50 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Nonagenarians ; Health [elderly] ; Longevity ; Evaluation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Korea. |
| Annotation | Even at ages 92 to 93, a substantial proportion of the remaining lifetime is spent in reasonably good health. This study quantifies average lifetime in different health states among the oldest old. The study is based on the Danish 1905 cohort survey comprising 2258 participants (63% of all survivors) who were interviewed in 1998 and re-assessed in 2000, 2003 and 2005. The average lifetime between ages 92 and 100 was 2.7 years for men and 3.3 years for women. Almost 50% was in self-rated good health, almost 75% in a state of physical independence, and a little more than 13% in a state of physical independence without cognitive impairment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090212204 A |
| Classmark | BBR: CC: BGA: 4C: 3J: 7DK |
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