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Future trends in the prevalence of severe activity limitations among older adults in Europe: a cross-national population study using EU-SILC

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Title: Future trends in the prevalence of severe activity limitations among older adults in Europe: a cross-national population study using EU-SILC
Authors: Scherbov, Sergei, Weber, Daniela
Source: BMJ Open ; 7 ; 9 ; 1-7
Publisher Information: GBR
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
Subject Terms: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Social sciences, sociology, anthropology, European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) 2008-2014, Gesundheitspolitik, Gerontologie, Alterssoziologie, Health Policy, Gerontology, alter Mensch, Altern, altersspezifische Faktoren, Hochrechnung, EU, Europa, Gesundheit, Gesundheitszustand, elderly, aging, age-specific factors, projection (statistical), Europe, health, health status
Time: 11000
Description: Objective: To project the proportion of population 65+ years with severe long-term activity limitations from 2017 to 2047. Design Large: population study. Setting: Population living in private households of the European Union (EU) and neighbouring countries. Participants: Participants from the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions aged 55 years and older and living in one of 26 EU and neighbouring countries, who answered the health section of the questionnaire. Outcome measures: Prevalence of severe long-term activity limitations of particular subpopulations (ie, 55+, 65+, 75+ and 85+ years) by sex and country. Results: We find a huge variation in the prevalence of self-reported severe long-term limitations across Europe for both sexes. However, in 2017, about 20% of the female population aged 65 years and above and about 16% of their male counterparts are expected to report severe long-term activity limitations after accounting for differences in reporting. Accounting for cultural differences in reporting, we expect that European countries will have about 21% (decile 1: 19.5%; decile 9: 22.9%) of female and about 16.8% (decile 1: 15.4%; decile 9: 18.1%) of male 65+ years population with severe long-term activity limitations by 2047. Conclusions: Overall, despite the expected increase of life expectancy in European countries, our results suggest almost constant shares of older adults with severe long-term activity limitations within the next 30 years.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
Language: unknown
Relation: https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/75333
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017654
Availability: https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/75333
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-75333-7
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017654
Rights: Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz. 4.0 ; Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
Accession Number: edsbas.E7B81D4E
Database: BASE
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Abstract:Objective: To project the proportion of population 65+ years with severe long-term activity limitations from 2017 to 2047. Design Large: population study. Setting: Population living in private households of the European Union (EU) and neighbouring countries. Participants: Participants from the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions aged 55 years and older and living in one of 26 EU and neighbouring countries, who answered the health section of the questionnaire. Outcome measures: Prevalence of severe long-term activity limitations of particular subpopulations (ie, 55+, 65+, 75+ and 85+ years) by sex and country. Results: We find a huge variation in the prevalence of self-reported severe long-term limitations across Europe for both sexes. However, in 2017, about 20% of the female population aged 65 years and above and about 16% of their male counterparts are expected to report severe long-term activity limitations after accounting for differences in reporting. Accounting for cultural differences in reporting, we expect that European countries will have about 21% (decile 1: 19.5%; decile 9: 22.9%) of female and about 16.8% (decile 1: 15.4%; decile 9: 18.1%) of male 65+ years population with severe long-term activity limitations by 2047. Conclusions: Overall, despite the expected increase of life expectancy in European countries, our results suggest almost constant shares of older adults with severe long-term activity limitations within the next 30 years.
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017654