Authors
GBD 2019 Ageing Collaborators
Publication date
2022/1/26
Journal
The BMJ
Volume
376
Pages
15
Publisher
BMJ
Description
Objectives
To use data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019) to estimate mortality and disability trends for the population aged ≥70 and evaluate patterns in causes of death, disability, and risk factors.
Design
Systematic analysis.
Setting
Participants were aged ≥70 from 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019.
Main outcomes measures
Years of life lost, years lived with disability, disability adjusted life years, life expectancy at age 70 (LE-70), healthy life expectancy at age 70 (HALE-70), proportion of years in ill health at age 70 (PYIH-70), risk factors, and data coverage index were estimated based on standardised GBD methods.
Results
Globally the population of older adults has increased since 1990 and all cause death rates have decreased for men and women. However, mortality rates due to falls increased between 1990 and 2019. The probability of death …
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