Mendes de Leon C F, Fillenbaum G G, Williams C S, Brock D B, Beckett L A, Berkman L F
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1995 Jul;85(7):994-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.85.7.994.
This study examines the prevalence of functional disability (limitation in at least one basic activity of daily living) among elderly Black and White community residents in the New Haven (n = 2812) and North Carolina (n = 4162) sites of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE). In New Haven, elderly Blacks, particularly women below age 75, had a higher prevalence of disability compared with Whites, which was partially attributable to a higher prevalence of chronic conditions. In North Carolina, Blacks had only a slightly higher risk of being disabled than Whites, and this was fully accounted for by differences in socioeconomic status. Black-White differences in the prevalence of functional disability reveal geographic variation.
本研究调查了老年流行病学研究既定人群（EPESE）在纽黑文（n = 2812）和北卡罗来纳州（n = 4162）两个地点的老年黑人和白人社区居民中功能残疾（至少一项日常生活基本活动受限）的患病率。在纽黑文，老年黑人，尤其是75岁以下的女性，与白人相比残疾患病率更高，这部分归因于慢性病的较高患病率。在北卡罗来纳州，黑人的残疾风险仅比白人略高，而这完全由社会经济地位差异所解释。功能残疾患病率的黑白差异显示出地域差异。
