Abstract

The proposed research will analyze changes in the number and composition of the age group which has come to be called the """"""""oldest old"""""""", namely, those persons aged 85 and over. The work will be done in three phases: the first will prepare a set of tables showing the demographic (age, race, sex, marital/household/family status), and socioeconomic (income, education, previous labor force activity) composition, as well as data depicting trends in the geographic distribution (state/division/region, metro-nonmetro, urban-rural) of this population. These will be generated from the public use files from the decennial censuses of 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1980. The second phase will deal with descriptive cross-sectional analyses of trends and changes in these compositions. The final phase will be more analytical, utilizing the principles of cohort succession to ascertain the extent to which different cohort characteristics and conditions have contributed to the growth, composition and distribution of the oldest old.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AG005395-02
Application #
3116029
Study Section
Social Sciences and Population Study Section (SSP)
Project Start
1985-08-01
Project End
1988-07-31
Budget Start
1986-08-01
Budget End
1987-07-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1986
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Florida State University
Department
Type
Organized Research Units
DUNS #
020520466
City
Tallahassee
State
FL
Country
United States
Zip Code
32306

  Publications

Forrest, Kimberly Y Z; Zmuda, Joseph M; Cauley, Jane A (2006) Correlates of decline in lower extremity performance in older women: A 10-year follow-up study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:1194-200
Storti, Kristi L; Brach, Jennifer S; FitzGerald, Shannon J et al. (2005) Physical activity and decreased risk of clinical gallstone disease among post-menopausal women. Prev Med 41:772-7
Cauley, Jane A; Zmuda, Joseph M; Lui, Li-Yung et al. (2003) Lipid-lowering drug use and breast cancer in older women: a prospective study. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:749-56
Cauley, Jane A; Zmuda, Joseph M; Danielson, Michelle E et al. (2003) Estrogen metabolites and the risk of breast cancer in older women. Epidemiology 14:740-4
Vogt, Molly T; Rubin, David A; Palermo, Lisa et al. (2003) Lumbar spine listhesis in older African American women. Spine J 3:255-61
Vogt, Molly T; Cauley, Jane A; Tomaino, Matthew M et al. (2002) Distal radius fractures in older women: a 10-year follow-up study of descriptive characteristics and risk factors. The study of osteoporotic fractures. J Am Geriatr Soc 50:97-103
Cauley, J A; Zmuda, J M; Ensrud, K E et al. (2001) Timing of estrogen replacement therapy for optimal osteoporosis prevention. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86:5700-5
Musgrave, D S; Vogt, M T; Nevitt, M C et al. (2001) Back problems among postmenopausal women taking estrogen replacement therapy: the study of osteoporotic fractures. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 26:1606-12
Margolis, K L; Ensrud, K E; Schreiner, P J et al. (2000) Body size and risk for clinical fractures in older women. Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group. Ann Intern Med 133:123-7
Genant, H K; Jergas, M; Palermo, L et al. (1996) Comparison of semiquantitative visual and quantitative morphometric assessment of prevalent and incident vertebral fractures in osteoporosis The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group. J Bone Miner Res 11:984-96

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