Are life expectancy increases among older Americans slowing? - Medical News Today
Are life expectancy increases among older Americans slowing?
Wednesday 23 July 2014 - 8am PST
In America, nearly 4 in 5 elderly people have multiple chronic medical conditions. Now, a new analysis assessing the burden of these multiple conditions on life expectancy finds that the more ailments a person has after retirement age, the shorter their life expectancy.
The study, which was conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and published in the journal Medical Care, could shed some light on why life expectancies among older Americans are decelerating.
To conduct their analysis, the researchers, led by Eva H. DuGoff, used a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries who were enrolled as of January 1st, 2008. This involved the records of nearly 1.4 million people over the age of 67 with 21 defined chronic conditions.
The team explains that in the US, life expectancy is rising more slowly than in other parts of the world. The obesity epidemic is largely to blame, as well as its associated health conditions, the researchers note. ...繼續閱讀
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