PMID- 23497053
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140217
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1472-698X (Print)
IS  - 1472-698X (Electronic)
IS  - 1472-698X (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2013 Mar 8
TI  - Social factors associated with centenarian rate (CR) in 32 OECD countries.
PG  - 16
LID - 10.1186/1472-698X-13-16 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Over the last fifty years, the number of centenarians has 
      dramatically increased. The centenarian rate (CR) is representative of the 
      general longevity prevalent in a nation; it indicates the number of individuals 
      aged 100 years or above at a given date divided by the size of the corresponding 
      cohort of a given age. Two important attributes of the CR (50-54) are that it 
      reflects both unchanged age-specific fertility and the absence of migration in 
      populations. It can generally be used in longevity-based evaluations of the 
      broader concept of successful ageing. As such, this retrospective analysis of the 
      social factors that contribute to the CR (50-54) may help to identify the factors 
      associated with successful ageing.This study estimates the CR (50-54) and 
      elucidates the influence of social factors on successful ageing and the CR 
      (50-54), examining 32 member countries of the Organization for Economic 
      Co-operation and Development (OECD). METHODS: The social indicators for this 
      study were obtained from the United Nations database. The data for the analysis 
      of centenarians in the 32 OECD countries were obtained from the world population 
      prospects conducted by the United Nations. Associations between social factors 
      and CR (50-54) were assessed using Pearson correlation coefficients and 
      regression models. RESULTS: Significant positive correlations were found between 
      the CR (50-54) and the social factors of expenditure on health as a percentage of 
      gross domestic product (HEGDP: r = 0.411, p < 0.021), general government 
      expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditure (GGEH: 
      r = 0.474, p < 0.006), the proportion of fixed-telephone subscriptions in the 
      population (FTS: r = 0.489, p < 0.005), and the human development index (HDI: 
      r = 0.486, p < 0.005). Finally, these CR (50-54) predictors were used to form a 
      model of successful ageing, with higher HEGDP and GGEH as health expenditure, 
      higher FTS as standard of living, and higher HDI as social well-being 
      (R2 = 0.573, P < 0.025). CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that an increased CR 
      (50-54) is affected by multiple social factors involved in successful ageing. 
      Therefore, if they wish to improve their country's CR (50-54), governments must 
      strengthen their existing support services for the elderly through making 
      improvements to standards of living, social well-being and through increased 
      financing of the health sector.
FAU - Kim, Jong In
AU  - Kim JI
AD  - Division of Health and Welfare, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea. 
      kji122@wku.ac.kr
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130308
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Int Health Hum Rights
JT  - BMC international health and human rights
JID - 101088678
SB  - IM
EIN - BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2013;13:26
MH  - Aged, 80 and over/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Health Expenditures/*standards
MH  - Human Development/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Life Expectancy
MH  - Longevity
MH  - Quality of Life/psychology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
PMC - PMC3599594
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Centenarian rate, Expenditure on health, Fixed-telephone, Human development index
EDAT- 2013/03/19 06:00
MHDA- 2013/03/19 06:01
PMCR- 2013/03/08
CRDT- 2013/03/19 06:00
PHST- 2012/09/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/02/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/03/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/03/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/03/19 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/03/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1472-698X-13-16 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1472-698X-13-16 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2013 Mar 8;13:16. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-16.