This volume is a critical exposition of the data and analyses from a full decade of rigorous research into how age-related changes at the individual level, along with other factors, contribute to morbidity, disability and mortality risks at the broader population level. After summarizing the state of our knowledge in the field, individual chapters offer enlightening discussion on a range of key topics such as age trajectory analysis in select and general populations, incidence/age patterns of major chronic illnesses, and indices of cumulative deficits and their use in characterizing and understanding the detailed properties of individual aging.
The book features comprehensive statistical analyses of unique longitudinal data sets including the unique resource of the Framingham Heart Study, with its more than 60 years of follow-up. Culminating in penetrating conclusions about the insights gained from the work involved, this book adds much to our understanding of the links between aging and human health.
This summary of a full decades intensive research connecting individual age-related physiology to broader health trends features statistical analysis of unique longitudinal data sets and enlightening discussion of a wide range of key topics in the field.
Introduction: 1: Introduction: The Biodemography of Complex Relationships among Aging, Health, and Longevity.- Part I: Informational on Aging, Health, and Longevity from Available Data.: 2: Age Trajectories of Physiological Indices: Which Factors Influence Them?.- 3: Health Effects and Medicare Trajectories: Population-Based Analysis of Morbidity and Mortality Patterns.- 4: Evidence for Dependence among Diseases.- 5: Factors that May Increase Vulnerability to Cancer and Longevity in Modern Human Populations.- 6: Medical Cost Trajectories and Onsets of Age-Associated Diseases.- 7: Indices of Cumulative Deficits.- 8: l3³
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