Estimativa de expectativas de vida livre de diabetes e hipertensão nas populações de idosos do Ceará, Região Nordeste e Brasil: uma aplicação do método de Sullivan

Abstract

Due to the demographic and epidemiologic transition processes, which occur unequally in Brazil, influenced by different social and economic conditions, it is important to analyze the health conditions of the elderly population regarding high prevalence chronic diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension. Therefore, the main goal of this study is to estimate the life expectancy free of diabetes and hypertension in the elderly population from Ceará, the Northeastern region and Brazil. For such purpose, the Sullivan Method was used, which combines the numbers of people-years lived with the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension in the studied population. These information were extracted, respectively, from “Population Projection of Federation Units by sex and age: 2000-2030 (IBGE, 2014)” and the Health Supplement from the “National Household Sample Survey (IBGE, 2008)”. The results indicate that despite having a higher total life expectancy, elderly women from Ceará, the Northeastern region and Brazil are expected to live a shorter part of their lives free from diabetes and hypertension, as opposed to elderly men. The findings also indicate that the oldaged from Ceará have a higher life expectancy free of diabetes and hypertension in relation to the Northeast region and Brazil.