Long Term Trend Analysis of Geographical Disparity in Aging and Disability: Taiwanese Population Approach

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Yong-Chen; Chou, Yu-Ching; Lin, Lan-Ping; Wu, Chia-Ling; Lin, Jin-Ding
Titel	Long Term Trend Analysis of Geographical Disparity in Aging and Disability: Taiwanese Population Approach
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 33 (2012) 2, S.350-356 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2011.10.014
Schlagwörter	Geographic Information Systems; Incidence; Older Adults; Trend Analysis; Foreign Countries; Counties; Aging (Individuals); Geographic Location; Mental Retardation; Physical Disabilities; Health Needs; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Älterer Erwachsener; Trendanalyse; Ausland; Aging; Altern; Geistige Behinderung; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung
Abstract	Purposes of the present paper were to describe the overtime change of disability prevalence among the elderly (65 years and older), and to analyze the geographic disparity of the disability prevalence during the year 2000-2010 in Taiwan. Study data mainly come from two public web-access information: (1) The physically and mentally disabled population by age and grade, 2000-2010; (2) Taiwan general population by age, 2000-2010. We used statistical methods include number, percentage and geographical information system (GIS) to describe the disability prevalence among the elderly people by year and administrative area, and a trend test was conducted to examine the overtime change of disability prevalence in the elderly people. The results found that the mean of disability prevalence rate in the elderly population was 14.8% and it was significantly increased during the past 11 years (R[superscript 2] = 0.901; p less than 0.0001). With regards to the elderly disability prevalence disparity in administrative areas, those areas of higher elderly disability prevalence were more likely to occur in east-mountain areas--Taitung County (24.2%), Yilan County (21.0%), Hualien County (20.3%), and central-agricultural counties such as Yunlin County (21.8%), Nantou County (17.6%) and Chiayi County (17.3%). The most relative change areas of disability prevalence rate in the elderly population during the past 11 years were more likely to occur in central or east areas in Taiwan. The present study highlights the authorities should pay much attention to increasing rate and the geographical disparity of disability prevalence in the elderly population, to allocate appropriate health and welfare resources for this vulnerable population. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10