Investigation of multi-scale spatio-temporal pattern of oldest-old clusters in China on the basis of spatial scan statistics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ageing is becoming a considerable public health burden in China, which produces great societal development challenges. Healthy and active longevity could ease the ageing burden on families and communities. To date, most studies of the oldest-old distribution are focused on a simple scale from spatial perspective, and the multi-scale spatio-temporal clusters trend in the oldest-old population has not yet been determined. Thus, the objective in present study is to use a new method to evaluate the spatio-temporal pattern and detect the risk clusters in the oldest-old population from three scales.

Methods

Individuals aged 65 years or older and individuals aged 80 years or older on three scales in China from 2000 to 2010 were used. The exploratory spatial data analysis

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6660084 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature