Expectativa de vida economicamente ativa da população de idosos no município de Fortaleza (CE)

Abstract

Demography is a science whose purpose is to study the dynamics of human population, through the statistical behavior of these variables and their interrelations, observing the transformations they bring to society. This information is paramount for planning a nation's basic needs. The objective of this study is to calculate the economically active life expectancy for the elderly aged 60 years and over, in the years 2000 and 2010, in the city of Fortaleza (CE), by sex and age; to observe the changes in the time, the proportion of life expectancy of the economically active and inactive elderly. The study is justified insofar as population aging is observed, increasing the proportion of elderly people, in the city of Fortaleza (CE). In this context, it is sought to understand the behavior of the elderly in the labor market, as inactive and economically active. The Sullivan method was used to estimate the economically active and inactive life expectancy for the elderly in the city of Fortaleza (CE), in the years 2000 and 2010. The basic data used were mid-year population and proportion of the elderly economically obtained from the Demographic Censuses of 2000 and 2010, and information on deaths from SIM / DATASUS. In 2000, by the age of 60, men from Fortaleza could expect to live an average of 16.56 years, of which 4.92 (29.71%) would be economically active. Women at the same age could expect to live 20.23 years, of which 1.87 years (9.24%) would be as economically active. Of the years with inactivity, men would live 11.69 years (70.59% of the total average life time), compared to 18.36 years (90.76% of the total mean lifetime) for women. Despite the fact that older women from Fortaleza had a higher life expectancy than men, the proportion of years of active employment in the labor market was lower. Public policies must take into account the needs and specificities of the elderly population, taking into account the gender differential.