Trends in old-age functioning and disability in Japan, 1993-2002.
Trends in old-age functioning and disability in Japan, 1993-2002.
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日本老年功能和残疾的趋势，1993-2002 年。
DOI：
10.1080/00324720500462280
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发表时间：
2006
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Kobayashi,Erika
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Schoeni,RobertF;Liang,Jersey;Bennett,Joan;Sugisawa,Hidehiro;Fukaya,Taro;Kobayashi,Erika
残疾是个人和社会的负担。人口老龄化，加上残疾在老年人中最为常见，这一事实引起人们对老年残疾趋势的关注。这项研究估计了 1993 年至 2002 年日本老年人的功能和残疾趋势，并将这些模式与美国的模式进行了对比。日本是一个特别有趣的国家，因为它的年龄结构相对较老，目前它的预期寿命是世界上最高的，尽管就在50年前它的预期寿命还处于所有国家的后半部分。与美国一样，残疾率有所下降。如果没有 1993 年至 2002 年间残疾率的提高，到 2002 年，残疾老年人数量将会增加 110 万。社会人口和经济群体普遍经历了这种减少。各群体受教育程度的提高与残疾率的下降有关。
Disability is a burden to individuals and society. Population ageing, combined with the fact that disability is most common among the elderly, has focused attention on trends in old-age disability. This study estimates trends in functioning and disability among Japanese elderly from 1993 to 2002 and contrasts the patterns with those found in the USA. Japan is an especially interesting country because its age structure is relatively old, and it currently has the highest life expectancy in the world despite the fact that just 50 years ago its life expectancy was in the bottom half of all countries. As in the USA, disability rates have fallen. If it were not for the gains in disability between 1993 and 2002, there would have been 1.1 million more disabled elderly in 2002. The reductions were experienced broadly across socio-demographic and economic groups. Increases in education across cohorts are associated with the declines in disability.