The era of centenarians: mortality of the oldest old in Sweden

Drefahl, Sven; Lundström, Hans; Modig, Karin; Ahlbom, Anders

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2796.2012.02518.x

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“…The finding of a lack of improvement regarding the risk of subsequent admissions among the very oldest, above 90, is in line with a previous study of Swedish centenarians where death rates above age 100 appeared to have been stable between 1969 and 2008 [16], [17], in contrast to younger ages where a continuous reduction has been observed.…”

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Does Improved Survival Lead to a More Fragile Population: Time Trends in Second and Third Hospital Admissions among Men and Women above the Age of 60 in Sweden

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BackgroundLife expectancy and time to first hospitalization have been prolonged, indicating that people live longer without needing hospital care. Life expectancy increased partially due to improved survival from severe diseases, which, however, could lead to a more fragile population. If so, time to a subsequent hospitalization could decrease. Alternatively, the overall trend of improved health could continue after the first hospitalization, prolonging also the time to subsequent hospitalizations. This study analyzes trends in subsequent hospitalizations among Swedish men and women above the age of 60, relating them to first hospitalization. It also looks at trends in the proportion of never hospitalized.MethodsIndividuals were followed in national registers for hospital admissions and deaths between 1972 and 2010. The proportion of never hospitalized individuals at given ages and time points, and the annual change in the risks of first and subsequent hospitalizations, were calculated.FindingsAn increase in the proportion of never hospitalized was seen over time. The risks of first as well as subsequent hospitalizations were reduced by almost 10% per decade for both men and women. Improvements were observed mainly for individuals below the ages of 90 and up to the year 2000.ConclusionsThe reduction in annual risk of both first and subsequent hospitalizations up to 90 years of age speaks in favor of a postponement of the overall morbidity among the elderly and provides no support for the hypothesis that the population becomes more fragile due to increased survival from severe diseases.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Does Improved Survival Lead to a More Fragile Population: Time Trends in Second and Third Hospital Admissions among Men and Women above the Age of 60 in Sweden

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“…Over the whole 1981 to 2016 period females experienced an average rate of 0.44 and males a rate of 0.51, although there is clearly considerable fluctuation due to small numbers. Interestingly, there is no apparent trend of declining death rates over time, though this is consistent with trends in some other countries, such as Sweden [31].…”

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New estimates of Australia’s centenarian population

Wilson

Terblanche²

2018

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IntroductionThe population of Australia at the very highest ages is growing rapidly, like that of many countries. But official population estimates at these ages are of lower quality than those at younger ages, a problem shared by many countries which base their population estimates on census counts. This has implications for many uses of the data, especially rates for which the estimates provide denominators.

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“…This corroborates Rossi and colleagues’ results, although their method of discrimination of the components of life expectancy leads to a slightly different definition of longevity than maximum age at death. Interestingly, however, there was no secular trend in the average age at death in our one-year cohorts of centenarians, either for males or for females 2 . The mean age at death of females was ∼102 years throughout the 40-year period of the study, and about half a year less in males.…”

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“…We previously analyzed mortality among Swedish centenarians in a cohort study based on individual data for all persons in Sweden who reached the age of 100 years from 1969–2009 ( n = 15 231) 2 . In the analyses for this study we divided the data into a sequence of one-year cohorts.…”

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