Chronic Diseases and Risk Factors in Older Adults from Argentina, 2001-2009

An epidemiological study evaluates the impact of chronic diseases on the population over 65 years in Argentina from 2001 to 2009 using Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy. The paper describes the prevalence of diseases like hypertension and diabetes and associated risk factors during this period. The author is Andrés Peranovich, and the dataset is associated with an Open Access (green) license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in chronic noncommunicable disease prevalence based on the described time period from 2001 to 2009.
• Study the relationship between specific risk factors and diseases like hypertension and diabetes mentioned in the description.
• Model the impact of chronic diseases on population health using Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE) methodology described.
• Investigate changes in quality of life for aging populations affected by chronic diseases as noted in the abstract.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific demographic (population over 65 years) and geography (Argentina).
• Covers a defined nine-year time period from 2001 to 2009.
• Uses a standardized public health metric (Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy) for evaluation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Andrés Peranovich via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Likely contains aggregated public health survey or administrative records, analyzed via Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy.

Time Range

2001 to 2009

Geography

Argentina