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© 1986 Oxford University Press

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MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN AN INITIALLY HEALTHY ELDERLY SAMPLE: FINDINGS AFTER FIVE YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP

PAULA D. THOMAS, Research Associate*, PHILIP J. GARRY, Director, Clinical Nutrition Laboratory and JAMES S. GOODWIN, Professor and Vice-Chairman{dagger}

University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Pathology Albuquerque, NM, USA

*Address correspondence to Paula D. Thomas, RN, MS, Surge Bldg. Room 236, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.

{dagger}Present address: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA.

This report summarizes morbidity and mortality data for 263 initially healthy elderly men and women from the beginning of this study through five years of follow-up. The mortality rate for this sample averaged approximately 1.8% per year and the duration of terminal illness averaged 4.9 months. The cancer incidence rate has increased whereas new diagnoses of cardiovascular disease and degenerative conditions have declined. The data support the potential for maximizing vigour and health well into the seventh and eighth decades of life.

accepted in revised form October 24, 1985.


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