Longevity life expectancy, mortality rates, and causes of deaths of elderly rural population, Egypt, 1996

ABSTRACT

It is a descriptive analytical study utilizing death records of aged ones after 60 years and its causes, together with using available data from national vital statistics. The results showed that the age of deaths is increasing from [65-70] years reaching the age groups 85 + years in the last [3-5]years [1989-l 996]. The death causes are statistically different from combined to rural health units, which uncontrolled and not guided by WHO's international classification of diseases and causes of death. It was done on 521 cases and the age of death reached 85+ years mostly due to heart failure