Healthy Ageing: tackling the burden of disease and disability in an ageing population

摘要: textabstractHealthy ageing of individuals is crucial to prevent strong increases in the burden disease and disability due population ageing. We aimed quantify current assessed which determinants explain disability. The occurrence increased towards older ages, but there was a particularly increase during last few years life. Mild strongly related with age (time since birth), whereas severe most time death. This suggests that, when life expectancy further increases, lived mild will increase, remain more unchanged. analysis showed that diseases such as back pain, peripheral vascular stroke had high disabling impact and, therefore, contributed much Arthritis heart were less because their prevalence. There substantial educational inequality disability, large extent (50%) explained by differences diseases’ impact. Obese persons could expect live at least two than smokers heavy drinkers. concluded onset chronic conditions should be reduced, while prioritizing low socioeconomic groups. Curtailing obesity epidemic urgently needed prospects for healthy future generations elderly.