• Annu Rev Public Health · Jan 2004

    Review

    Trends in the health of the elderly.

    • Eileen M Crimmins.
    • Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0191, USA. crimmin@usc.edu
    • Annu Rev Public Health. 2004 Jan 1;25:79-98.

    AbstractHealth among the older population as measured by most dimensions has improved during the last two decades. Mortality has continued to decline, and disability and functioning loss are less common now than in the past. However, the prevalence of most diseases has increased in the older population as people survive longer with disease, and the reduction in incidence does not counter the effect of increased survival. On the other hand, having a disease appears to be less disabling than in the past.

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