TY - JOUR
T1 - Life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment among Brazilian older adults
AU - Andrade, Flávia Cristina Drumond
AU - Corona, Ligiana Pires
AU - Lebrão, Maria Lúcia
AU - Duarte, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira
N1 - Funding Information:
SABE Study is funded by São Paulo Research Foundation (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo – FAPESP ): grant numbers: 1999/05125 (wave 1); 2005/54947-2 (wave 2); 2009/53778-3 (wave 3). FAPESP also provided funding for LCP (2010/02779-7; PhD candidate scholarship). The authors gratefully acknowledge the support from Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Estimating the life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment in an older adult population is critical for understanding the burden of illness on individuals and their families, the health care system, and society at large. This paper presents and compares estimates of life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment for the noninstitutionalized population ages 60 years and older in São Paulo, Brazil, for the years 2000 and 2010. Life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment was calculated using the Sullivan method and prevalence estimates from data collection at two points (2000 and 2010) of the Health, Well-Being, and Aging (SABE) Study. Results indicate that 60-year-old men in São Paulo in 2000 could expect to live 14.8 years and women 17.9 years without cognitive impairment. By 2010, life expectancy without cognitive impairment had increased to 17.1 years for men and 20.0 years for women. Length of life with cognitive impairment differed by gender (2.3 years for men and 3.7 years for women at age 60 in 2010). However, the absolute number of years with cognitive impairment remained relatively constant with age. The results indicate a trend for improvements in life expectancy without cognitive impairment over time in São Paulo. Adults in Brazil still face many years of cognitive impairment in their older years, particularly when compared with estimates from developed countries.
AB - Estimating the life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment in an older adult population is critical for understanding the burden of illness on individuals and their families, the health care system, and society at large. This paper presents and compares estimates of life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment for the noninstitutionalized population ages 60 years and older in São Paulo, Brazil, for the years 2000 and 2010. Life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment was calculated using the Sullivan method and prevalence estimates from data collection at two points (2000 and 2010) of the Health, Well-Being, and Aging (SABE) Study. Results indicate that 60-year-old men in São Paulo in 2000 could expect to live 14.8 years and women 17.9 years without cognitive impairment. By 2010, life expectancy without cognitive impairment had increased to 17.1 years for men and 20.0 years for women. Length of life with cognitive impairment differed by gender (2.3 years for men and 3.7 years for women at age 60 in 2010). However, the absolute number of years with cognitive impairment remained relatively constant with age. The results indicate a trend for improvements in life expectancy without cognitive impairment over time in São Paulo. Adults in Brazil still face many years of cognitive impairment in their older years, particularly when compared with estimates from developed countries.
KW - Brazil
KW - Cognitive impairment
KW - Life expectancy
KW - Older adults
KW - SABE Study
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U2 - 10.1016/j.archger.2013.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.archger.2013.10.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 24246301
AN - SCOPUS:84890861064
SN - 0167-4943
VL - 58
SP - 219
EP - 225
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
IS - 2
ER -