Long Term Disability
< Long Term Disability
Changes of disability by age, time and
gender: analysis of the National Long Term Care Surveys data
Changes in disability among men and women at ages older that 65 are
being investigated using publicly available data from NLTCS surveys
conducted in 1982, 1984, 1989 and 1994 in the
USA.
We have found that at ages 65-69 years men and women have similar
disability prevalence while at older ages women are more disabled
than men. This supports the hypothesis of biological plasticity in
women and indicates that women can survive in worse conditions of
health than men. Disability prevalence in the elderly population of
the
USA
has decreased over time more rapidly for men than for women. This
finding suggests that in the USA men more easily accept innovations
in every day life support than women. Analyzing conditional
probabilities of becoming disabled (or of staying disabled in the
next survey) we found that disability avoidance measures implemented
around 1984 had a positive effect, mostly for men and in the age
group 65-69. On the other hand the programs for support of disabled
people, implementing in USA after 1982, produced positive effects in
both sexes.
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