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| Cohort differences in disability and disease presence | | Author(s) | Sandra L Reynolds, Eileen M Crimmins, Yasuhiko Saito |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 5, October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 578-590 |
| Keywords | Ill health ; Physical disabilities ; Demography ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using the US National Health Interview Surveys conducted from 1982 to 1993, this article examines cohort patterns in disability and disease presence for adults born between 1915 and 1959, at ages ranging from 30 to 69 years. In general, disability decreases for cohorts born between 1916 and the early 1940s (for men) or the early 1950s (for women), but begins to increase for cohorts born after those dates. Later-born cohorts have significantly lower levels of some diseases, most importantly cardiovascular diseases, arthritis and emphysema. However, some disease and conditions are more prevalent in later-born cohorts: asthma, musculo-skeletal disorders, and orthopaedic impairments. The results presented here indicate that adults born in the late 1940s and 1950s will be in better cardiovascular health, but may be in worse musculo-skeletal condition when they enter old age, compared with current cohorts of older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990309005 A |
| Classmark | CH: BN: S8: 3KB: 7T |
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