Ageing and the epidemiology of multimorbidity

By M. Divo, C. Martinez, David M. Mannino. European Respiratory Journal, 2014

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The world’s population is ageing and an important part of this demographic shift is the development of chronic illness. In short, a person who does not die of acute illnesses, such as infections, and survives with chronic illnesses is more likely to develop additional chronic illnesses. Chronic respiratory diseases are an important component of these diseases associated with ageing. This article reviews the relationship between ageing and chronic respiratory disease, and also how certain chronic diseases cluster with others, either on the basis of underlying risk factors, complication of the primary disease or other factors, such as an increased state of inflammation. While death is inevitable, disabling chronic illnesses are not. Better understanding of how individuals can age healthily without the development of multiple chronic illnesses should lead to an improved global quality of life. Chronic respiratory diseases increase with age and are linked to many other diseases http://ow.ly/yMYZc

Subfields: Epidemiology, Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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• The global burden of multiple chronic conditions: A narrative review (2018, background): “Future projections of MCC As populations age, the time people live with disability and chronic disease is increasing such that MCC prevalence rates are closer to three quarters of older adults in developed countries (Divo et al., 2014).”