HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Baby Boomers, Chronic Condition, Urinary Incontinence
28 Oct 2016
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Identifying the prevalence of health (how many seniors are sick, assess physical health) Focus is on the prevalence (frequency) of different types of conditions. Useful for identifying the distribution of disease in populations. Cognitive impairment- evident example of abnormal aging. Some mental decline is usual but cognitive impairment is not. Assess people"s experiences, interpretations, and personal assessments about their health. This data set above includes all canadians who live in homes over the age of 12. Women are more likely than men to have chronic conditions. High blood pressure, arthritis for women, urinary incontinence. Diabetes, heart disease, and cancer highest in men. More common over the age of 65. Younger people issues are back problems, mental illness, migraines. Percentage distribution of household population aged 30 or older, by number of chronic. 46% of people aged 30 to 64 had 0 chronic conditions, while only 19% of people aged 65+ had.
