Conclusions Age, sex, depression, and functional disability are strong and consistent independent predictors of mortality in older adults in the community, in addition to objective medical burden (prescription drugs).
This study strengthens the perception of delirium as a mortality predictor among older inpatients. Cancer, immobility, low albumin levels, elevated creatinine levels, history of heart failure and advanced age were also related to higher mortality rates in this population.
Heart disease and cancer have been the two leading causes of death for persons 65 years of age and older for the past two decades, account- ing for nearly a million deaths in 2002.
Following an examination of the 655 factors in independent analyses, proxy measures of health itself, as measured through self-reported health, recent morbidities, disability, medication use, and walking pace, were, not surprisingly, the strongest predictors of all-cause mortality, as they capture the most proximal ...
The most consistent predictor of mortality is age, with older patients being twice as likely to die.
Although several physiologic parameters differed between survivors and nonsurvivors, age-adjusted Cox regression revealed that exercise capacity was the strongest independent predictor of death.
The factors affecting death are age, sex, diseases, heredity, nutritional level, health facility and services and health education.
Fewer people die at a young age. Almost half of all people who die are 70 years and older. Leading risk factors for premature death globally include high blood pressure, smoking, obesity, high blood sugar and environmental risk factors including air pollution.
Nutrition is the single most important predictor of health, and yet, diet is the vital sign we almost never measure.
The major cause of death in the 55-64 age group is cancer followed by heart disease and injury. In the 75+ age group, the leading cause shifts to heart disease, and injury drops below Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), cerebrovascular diseases, and pneumonia.
Four personal behaviors that can affect chronic diseases are: lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol use.
Heart disease leads causes of death in U.S. among those 85 or older.
Stimulation physical activity and adequate nutrition are crucial domains for a well-defined public health policy oriented towards healthy ageing.
The strongest predictors of death for the full cohort were dementia type (higher risk with non-AD dementias), sex (higher risk with male sex), and race and ethnicity (higher risk with white and non-Hispanic participants).
Age & Gender
How long you have already lived is one of the best predictors of how long you may live. Life expectancy has been increasing for years thanks to growing awareness of personal health maintenance and medical care that keeps on improving. Ever since records have been kept, women have outlived men.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. This is the case in the U.S. and worldwide. More than half of all people who die due to heart disease are men. Medical professionals use the term heart disease to describe several conditions.
Health risk behaviors including lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption—are considered contributors in some way to illness and death from chronic disease.
Previously conducted studies showed that under-five mortality is determined by various factors including sex of child [8–11], birth order [8, 11–14] size of child at birth [5, 11, 13, 15] breastfeeding status [11, 12, 14–17] preceding birth interval [11–13, 16, 17] type of birth [11, 12, 15–18], place of delivery [8, ...
Morbidity Indicators
Morbidity rates used for assessing ill health in community are: ➢Incidence ➢Prevalence ➢Notification rate ➢Attendance rate at OPDs, health centres etc. ➢Admission, readmission and discharge rates ➢Spells of sickness.
Mortality usually gets represented as a rate per 1000 individuals, also called the death rate. The calculation for this rate is to divide the number of deaths in a given time for a given population by the total population.
Death Rate Indicators
The mortality rate is a measure of the frequency of deaths in a defined population over a certain period of time.