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Title: African Ageing Viewed Through Disability — An Analysis Using Census Data

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: The strong population growth in Sub-Saharan Africa brings also the increase of number of elderly. Using the disability statistics available through 19 Sub-Saharan countries' census through IPUMS, it is revealed that the disability rate increases along with age, especially for the types of disability "seeing", "hearing" and "physical", in contrast with "speaking" and "mental" disability which does not change substantially along with age. Disability rate is lower for women than men and higher in rural area than in urban area. The trend over the past two to three decades is not consistent between countries. Using the obtained age-specific disability rate, disability-free life expectancy and disability duration was calculated for the Sub-Saharan countries and the rest of the world. The longer the life expectancy, the longer the disability-free life expectancy as well as the disability duration. Sub-Saharan African disability duration is shorter than other regions of the world and the policies to extend the life span while co-existing with disability are needed.

Url: https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/130006300577/

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Authors: Reiko, HAYASHI

Publisher: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Population Data Science

Countries: United States