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[Demographic profile and health conditions of the elderly in a community in an urban area of southeastern Brazil].

Abstract：

:Some specific characteristics of the aging of the Brazilian population in different areas, states and communities all over the country, have shown significant variations. Historical series of demographic and health indicators for the population in their sixties and over in Brazil, state of S. Paulo and in the municipal district of Araraquara are listed as follows: level of education and urban population growth rate, income distribution, mortality rates and main causes of death. In 1991 the aged constituted were 7.8% of the Brazilian population and 9.7% in Araraquara community. The elderly population (of 70 years of aged and above) as a proportion of the whole, has increased and already stands for 40%. The same trend holds good for both the proportion of aged within the urban population and their level of education which increased to 90% in 1991. The main causes of death are chronic degenerative diseases which have replaced the infectious illness: first, the diseases of the circulatory system (which account for more than 40% of all deaths) and the neoplasms (which let to 15% of the deaths). On the basis of these health and demographic data relating to people of 60 years of age and over, this study suggests some procedures for the improvement of the quality of the assistance given to the target population: a) the assistance give to the aged should be improved by providing gerontological training for general physicians and nurses, both of public and private clinics; b) the already existing educational activities for the aged, for health workers and for teachers of secondary education should be further developed; c) the number of day-hospitals should be increased for the purpose of avoiding unnecessary confinement so as maintain the low rate of institutionalization in homes for the elderly (0.7% in Araraquara). It is reported that at least 35% of the aged population in this area is entitled to private health assistance, which brings out the importance of including such services in the local health programs for this group.

journal_name

Rev Saude Publica

journal_title

Revista de saude publica

authors

Telarolli Júnior R,Machado JC,Carvalho F

doi

10.1590/s0034-89101996000500013

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-10-01 00:00:00

pages

485-98

issue

eissn

0034-8910

issn

1518-8787

journal_volume

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[Demographic profile and health conditions of the elderly in a community in an urban area of southeastern Brazil].