Life expectancy and the beginning of old age

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https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.1.613.041

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Life expectancy, Old age, Quality of life

Abstract

At present, the population exceeds the chronological barriers that man has defined as a stage of old age, and the older adult population is increasing, therefore, population aging has become a challenge for modern societies and governments, to cause of not having public policies that guarantee healthy years of life on the growth of the average life expectancy to which the population is currently reaching. Therefore, it is important to characterize life expectancy in European and South American countries in relation to the beginning of the older adult stage, as determinants of public health policies.

Material and Methods: Correlational and retrospective observational study. Variables such as mean life expectancy, population density, mortality rate and global aging index were included. Statistical software R version 4.0.3 was used for data analysis.

Results: From the age of 60, the older adult stage begins. The average life expectancy in 6 European countries exceeded 80 years and in South American countries it is in the range of 71.24 to 80.04 years.

Conclusions:  Without differentiation between regions, a growth in the average life expectancy is observed and the design of a model in public health policies that guarantees years of healthy life in the elderly population was not evident

Author Biography

  • Lyda Victoria Rueda Hernández, Universidad CES, Colombia

    Magister en calidad en salud, Universidad CES  Medellín. Especialista en estadística, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Medellín. Instrumentadora Quirúrgica, Universidad de Santander UDES campus Bucaramanga. Docente Facultad de ciencias de la salud Universidad de Santander UDES, campus Bucaramanga.

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2022-05-03

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Life expectancy and the beginning of old age. (2022). SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL SALUD UNINORTE, 38(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.1.613.041

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