Predictors of mortality among elderly people living in a south Indian urban community; A 10/66 Dementia Research Group prospective population-based cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jotheeswaran, A T ^a   Williams, Joseph D ^a   Prince, Martin J ^b  

^a The Voluntary Health Services Chennai   (India)

^b King's College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953722716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-366     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Mortality certification and cause-of-death reporting in developing countries. AM Sibai, Bull World Health Organ 2004 82 83 15042227
2. World Health Organization, The global burden of disease. 2004 update Geneva: World Health Organization 2008
3. WHO Statistical Information System. World Health Organization, Working paper describing data sources, methods and results for projections of mortality and burden of disease for 2005, 2015 and 2030 2006
4. The neglected epidemic of chronic disease. R Horton, Lancet 2005 366 1514 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67454-5 16257331
5. Chronic diseases: the case for urgent global action. R Horton, Lancet 2007 370 1881 1882 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61701-2 18063030
6. Socioeconomic gradient in old age mortality in Wuhan, China. J Liang JF McCarthy A Jain N Krause JM Bennett S Gu, J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2000 55 222 S233 11584885
7. Predictors of mortality in an aging community-based cohort in Korea. GH Suh, Psychogeriatrics 2006 6 10 18 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2006.00118.x
8. Trends in and determinants of mortality in the elderly population of Matlab, Bangladesh. G Mostafa JK van Ginneken, Soc Sci Med 2000 50 763 771 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00295-6 10695976
9. The mortality divide in India: the differential contributions of gender, caste, and standard of living across the life course. SV Subramanian S Nandy M Irving D Gordon H Lambert SG Davey, Am J Public Health 2006 96 818 825 10.2105/AJPH.2004.060103 16571702
10. Joint effects of tobacco use and body mass on all-cause mortality in Mumbai, India: results from a population-based cohort study. MS Pednekar PC Gupta JR Hebert M Hakama, Am J Epidemiol 2008 167 330 340 10.1093/aje/kwm293 17989059 (Pubitemid 351197585)
11. Cohort study of all-cause mortality among tobacco users in Mumbai, India. PC Gupta HC Mehta, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000 78 877 883 10994260
12. Social inequalities in health: Next questions and converging evidence. M Marmot CD Ryff LL Bumpass M Shipley NF Marks, Social Science & Medicine 1997 44 901 910 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00194-3 (Pubitemid 27117441)
13. Educational differentials in mortality: United States, 1979-85. IT Elo SH Preston, Social Science & Medicine 1996 42 47 57 10.1016/0277-9536(95) 00062-3 (Pubitemid 26009496)
14. US mortality by economic, demographic, and social characteristics: the National Longitudinal Mortality Study.[see comment]. PD Sorlie E Backlund JB Keller, American Journal of Public Health 1995 85 949 956 10.2105/AJPH.85.7.949 7604919
15. Mortality and the social classification of women. P Goldblatt, Longitudinal Study: Mortality and Social Organization London: HMSO, Goldblatt P, 1990 145 162
16. Dietary quality and lifestyle factors in relation to 10-year mortality in older Europeans: the SENECA study. A Haveman-Nies LP de Groot J Burema JA Cruz M Osler WA van Staveren, Am J Epidemiol 2002 156 962 968 10.1093/aje/kwf144 12419769
17. Obesity in the elderly. JK Pitner, Consult Pharm 2005 20 498 513 16548648
18. Two new potent and convenient predictors of mortality in older nursing home residents in Japan. O Tajima E Nagura K Ishikawa-Takata T Ohta, Geriatrics and Gerontology International 2004 4 77 83 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2004.00127.x
19. High body mass index does not predict mortality in older people: analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Aging. DC Grabowski JE Ellis, J Am Geriatr Soc 2001 49 968 979 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49189.x 11527490
20. Excess mortality in depression: a meta-analysis of community studies. P Cuijpers F Smit, Journal of Affective Disorders 2002 72 227 236 10.1016/S0165-0327(01)00413-X 12450639
21. Dementia, cognitive impairment and mortality in persons aged 65 and over living in the community: a systematic review of the literature. ME Dewey P Saz, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2001 16 751 761 10.1002/gps.397 11536341 (Pubitemid 32834113)
22. Mortality in elderly Canadians with and without dementia: a 5-year follow-up. T Ostbye G Hill R Steenhuis, Neurology 1999 53 521 526 10449114
23. Mortality from dementia in a community-dwelling Brazilian population. R Nitrini P Caramelli E Herrera Jr C de VS Bahia R Anghinah LF Caixeta M Radanovic H Charchat-Fichman CS Porto CM Teresa AP Hartmann N Huang J Smid EP Lima DY Takahashi LT Takada, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2005 20 247 253 10.1002/gps.1274 15717343
24. Risk of mortality for dementia in a developing country: the Yoruba in Nigeria. AJ Perkins SL Hui A Ogunniyi O Gureje O Baiyewu FW Unverzagt S Gao KS Hall BS Musick Hendrie,, et al. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2002 17 566 573 10.1002/gps.643 12112181
25. The relationship of psychosocial factors to total mortality among older Japanese-American men: the Honolulu Heart Program. CD Ceria KH Masaki BL Rodriguez R Chen K Yano JD Curb, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2001 49 725 731 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49148.x 11454110
26. Social networks, social support, and mortality among older people in Japan. H Sugisawa J Liang X Liu, J Gerontol 1994 49 3 13 8282987
27. The association of social relationships and activities with mortality: prospective evidence from the Tecumseh Community Health Study. JS House C Robbins HL Metzner, Am J Epidemiol 1982 116 123 140 7102648
28. Effects of social support and personal coping resources on mortality in older age: the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. BW Penninx TT van DM Kriegsman DJ Deeg AJ Boeke JT van Eijk, Am J Epidemiol 1997 146 510 519 9290512
29. Rates and predictors of mortality in an aging, rural, community-based cohort: the role of depression. M Ganguli HH Dodge BH Mulsant, Archives of General Psychiatry 2002 59 1046 1052 10.1001/archpsyc.59.11.1046 12418938
30. Psychological predictors of mortality in old age. H Maier J Smith, Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences 1999 54 44 54
31. Subjective well-being as a predictor of all-cause mortality among middle-aged and elderly people living in an urban Japanese community: A seven-year prospective cohort study. [References]. H Iwasa C Kawaai Y Gondo H Inagaki T Suzuki, Geriatrics & Gerontology International 2006 6 216 222 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2006.00351.x
32. Mortality in nondemented subjects with cognitive impairment: the influence of health-related factors. GB Frisoni L Fratiglioni J Fastbom M Viitanen B Winblad, American Journal of Epidemiology 1999 150 1031 1044 10568618
33. The association of depression and mortality in elderly persons: a case for multiple, independent pathways. DG Blazer CF Hybels CF Pieper, J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001 56 505 M509 11487603
34. The protocols for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based research programme. M Prince CP Ferri D Acosta E Albanese R Arizaga M Dewey SI Gavrilova M Guerra Y Huang KS Jacob ES Krishnamoorthy P McKeigue JL Rodrigues A Salas AL Sosa R Sousa R Stewart R Uwakwe, BMC Public Health 2007 7 165 10.1186/1471-2458-7-165 17659078
35. Dementia diagnosis in developing countries: a cross-cultural validation study. M Prince D Acosta H Chiu M Scazufca M Varghese, Lancet 2003 361 909 917 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12772-9 12648969
36. American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Washington DC: AMA 4 1994
37. The Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR): current version and scoring rules [see comments]. JC Morris, Neurology 1993 43 2412 2414 8232972
38. Mild cognitive impairment - beyond controversies, towards a consensus: report of the International Working Group on Mild Cognitive Impairment. B Winblad K Palmer M Kivipelto V Jelic L Fratiglioni LO Wahlund A Nordberg L Backman M Albert O Almkvist H Arai H Basun K Blennow LM de C DeCarli T Erkinjuntti E Giacobini C Graff J Hardy C Jack A Jorm K Ritchie DC van P Visser RC Petersen, J Intern Med 2004 256 240 246 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2004.01380.x 15324367
39. A computerised psychiatric diagnostic system and case nomenclature for elderly subjects: GMS and AGECAT. JRM Copeland ME Dewey HM Griffith-Jones, Psychological Medicine 1986 16 89 99 3515380
40. The development of the EURO-D scale - A European Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres. MJ Prince F Reischies ATF Beekman R Fuhrer C Hooijer S Kivela B Lawlor A Lobo H Magnusson I Meller I Skoog C Turrina JRM Copeland, British Journal of Psychiatry 1999 174 330 338 10.1192/bjp.174.4.330 10533552
41. OARS methodology: A decade of experience in geriatric assessment. LK George GG Fillenbaum, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1985 33 607 615 4031339
42. On the development and psychometric testing of the WHO screening instrument to assess disablement in the general population. J Rehm TB Ustun S Saxena, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 2000 8 110 122 10.1002/mpr.61
43. Sample Registration System RGI, Estimated age (by sex) specific death rates in India 1999. 2010 2009 http://cbhidghs.nic.in/Hii2000-01/2.09.htm
44. CDC, Number of deaths and death rates, by age, race, and sex: United States, 2005 2010 http://www.disastercenter.com/cdc/Death rates 2005.html accessed April 2009
45. Verbal autopsy of 48 000 adult deaths attributable to medical causes in Chennai (formerly Madras), India. V Gajalakshmi R Peto S Kanaka S Balasubramanian, BMC Public Health 2002 2 7 10.1186/1471-2458-2-7 12014994
46. Tobacco associated mortality in Mumbai (Bombay) India. Results of the Bombay Cohort Study. PC Gupta MS Pednekar DM Parkin R Sankaranarayanan, Int J Epidemiol 2005 34 1395 1402 10.1093/ije/dyi196 16249218
47. Prevalence of anemia in an elderly rural population of northern India. PM Singh P Anita D Vedpal, J Am Geriatr Soc 2009 57 355 357 10.1111/j.1532-5415. 2009.02114.x 19207153
48. Ageing and mental health in a developing country: who cares? Qualitative studies from Goa, India. V Patel M Prince, Psychological Medicine 2001 31 29 38 10.1017/S0033291799003098 11200957
49. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in developing countries. CP Ferri D Ames M Prince, Int Psychogeriatr 2004 16 441 459 10.1017/S1041610204000833 15715360 (Pubitemid 40189310)
50. The impact associated with caring for a person with dementia: a report from the 10/66 Dementia Research Group's Indian network. A Dias R Samuel V Patel M Prince R Parameshwaran ES Krishnamoorthy, Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2004 19 182 184 10.1002/gps.1016 14758584
51. Care arrangements for people with dementia in developing countries. M Prince, Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2004 19 170 177 10.1002/gps.1059 14758582
52. Mental health care for the elderly in low-income countries: a health systems approach. M Prince G Livingston C Katona, World Psychiatry 2007 6 5 13 17342213
53. The effectiveness of a home care program for supporting caregivers of persons with dementia in developing countries: a randomised controlled trial from Goa, India. A Dias ME Dewey J D'Souza R Dhume DD Motghare KS Shaji R Menon M Prince V Patel, PLoS ONE 2008 3 2333 10.1371/journal.pone.0002333 18523642
54. The epidemiology of dependency among urban-dwelling older people in the Dominican Republic; a cross-sectional survey. D Acosta R Rottbeck G Rodriguez CP Ferri MJ Prince, BMC Public Health 2008 8 285 10.1186/1471-2458-8-285 18700967
55. The Epidemiology of Dependence in Older People in Nigeria: Prevalence, Determinants, Informal Care, and Health Service Utilization. A 10/66 Dementia Research Group Cross-Sectional Survey. R Uwakwe CC Ibeh AI Modebe E Bo N Ezeama I Njelita CP Ferri MJ Prince, J Am Geriatr Soc 2009 19682135
56. Contribution of chronic diseases to disability in elderly people in countries with low and middle incomes: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey. RM Sousa CP Ferri D Acosta E Albanese M Guerra Y Huang KS Jacob AT Jotheeswaran JJ Rodriguez GR Pichardo MC Rodriguez A Salas AL Sosa J Williams T Zuniga M Prince, Lancet 2009 374 1821 1830 10.1016/S0140-6736(09) 61829-8 19944863
57. Prevention of chronic diseases: a call to action. R Beaglehole S Ebrahim S Reddy J Voute S Leeder, Lancet 2007 370 2152 2157 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61700- 0 18063026