OBJECTIVE To analyze the ranking and percentage variation of the main causes of hospital admissions and death of Brazilian elders between 2005 and 2015, according to gender and age groups. METHOD Retrospective and temporal analysis study. The six main causes of hospitalization and death of elders were collected in DATASUS according to sex and age groups (60 ~ 79, ≥80) in 2017. RESULTS Heart Failure (2005) and pneumonia (2015) were the two main causes of hospital admissions in both sexes and age groups, except for the younger group. Acute Myocardial Infarction was the main cause of death in 2005 and 2015. The second cause in the overall ranking was the Stroke in 2005 and Pneumonia in 2015. CONCLUSION Circulatory and respiratory diseases were the main causes of hospital admissions and death among the elderly, highlighting the impotant increase in pneumonia as a cause of morbimortality.

Objective: to identify sociodemographic and health characteristics according to age groups and to analyze the association between self-assessed health status and satisfaction with regular/bad life with sociodemographic characteristics, global functioning and falls of older adults linked to home care within the primary health care network. Method: cross-sectional study with 124 older adults, conducted using home interviews. A sociodemographic data and health status questionnaire was used, together with Barthel Index, Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL), the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Timed Up and Go Test. Bivariate and multivariate analyses (Poisson regression) were applied. Results: there was a predominance of female octogenarians. Self-assessment of regular/bad health was associated with mild (p=0.002) and severe (p<0.001) depressive symptoms. Satisfaction with regular/bad life was associated with fear of falling (p=0.019) and with mild (p<0.001) and severe (p<0.001) depressive symptoms. Conclusion: depressive symptoms were associated with a worse life satisfaction and health self-assessment.

Objetivo: analisar idosos que recebem Atenção Domiciliar da Atenção Primária quanto às variáveis sociodemográficas, morbidades e acesso aos serviços de saúde por sexo e faixa etária.Método: estudo transversal analítico com 124 idosos da Atenção Domiciliar Tipo 1, realizado entre 2018 e 2019 através de visita domiciliar. Foi aplicado questionário sobre dados socioeconômicos, morbidades e acesso aos serviços. Utilizou-se os testes t-Student, Mann-Whitney, qui-quadrado e exato de Fisher.Resultados: a média de idade foi de 82,8 anos e predominou o sexo feminino. A maioria dos idosos mais velhos estudou de zero a quatro anos e era viúva. Dentre as morbidades, a hipertensão prevaleceu e a artrose apresentou associação significativa com o sexo feminino (p=0,004). Em relação ao acesso, as mulheres recebiam visita domiciliar com menor frequência (p=0,033).Conclusão: esses dados poderão subsidiar a implementação de intervenções, além de identificar possíveis melhorias nessa modalidade de atendimento.