Journal article
Modelling the Age Dynamics of Chronic Health Conditions: Life-Table-Consistent Transition Probabilities and their Application*
Abstract
Surveys of chronic health conditions provide information about prevalence but not incidence and the process of change within the population. Our study shows how "age dynamics" of chronic conditions – the probabilities of contracting conditions at different ages, of moving from one chronic condition state to another, and of dying – can be inferred from prevalence data for those conditions that can be viewed as irreversible. Transition …
Authors
Denton FT; Spencer BG
Journal
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 176–193
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
June 2015
DOI
10.1017/s071498081500001x
ISSN
0714-9808