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Revista Salud Uninorte
Print version ISSN 0120-5552On-line version ISSN 2011-7531
Abstract
RUEDA HERNANDEZ, LYDA VICTORIA. Life expectancy and the beginning of old age. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2022, vol.38, n.1, pp.5-20. Epub Oct 26, 2022. ISSN 0120-5552. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.1.613.041.
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.
Materials 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.
Keywords : life expectancy; old age; quality of life.
