Open AccessPRECISION IN ESTIMATES OF DISABILITY PREVALENCE FOR THE POPULATION AGED 65 AND OVER IN THE UNITED STATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY
Author(s) -
Carlos Siordia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of frailty and aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2273-4309
pISSN - 2260-1341
DOI - 10.14283/jfa.2014.22
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , american community survey , gerontology , microdata (statistics) , population , demography , confidence interval , national health interview survey , public health , health and retirement study , national health and nutrition examination survey , census , environmental health , nursing , sociology , anthropology
Populations are aging worldwide. In the United States (US), the older adult (aged ≥65) population will increase rapidly in the decades to come. Identifying public health needs in older adults requires that sample-derived estimates of disability prevalence be produced using transparent methodologies.