What is it about?
Higher educational attainment has been associated with decreased progression to functional disability. However, this effect seems to diminish with increasing age. We asked how the education effect would change future projections of disability compared to estimates that do not account for rising rates of educational attainment.
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Why is it important?
Compared to estimates of future disability without accounting for educational attainment, the effect of education is projected to lead to a lower number of disabled young old, but a higher number of old-old with high levels of disability.
Perspectives
Planning for service needs for the older population should take into consideration the impact of education, and the potential that with increasing educational attainment we will have more functionally able young-old, and more functionally disabled old-old.
Dr David Bruce Matchar
Duke University
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This page is a summary of: Projection of Young-Old and Old-Old with Functional Disability: Does Accounting for the Changing Educational Composition of the Elderly Population Make a Difference?, PLoS ONE, May 2015, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126471.
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