A demographic study of changes in health structure and its impact on longevity and ageing in Japan

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780298
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
• Principal Investigator: BEPPU Motomi 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所, 情報調査分析部, 第2室長 (10649510)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 健康 / 健康寿命 / 高齢化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined health expectancies from the viewpoint of disease structures, activities of daily living (ADL), and subjective health status by using a life table approach. The findings are as follows.
First, the shares of health expectancies by various "health" definitions to life expectancy are decreasing. Second, diseases like respiratory disease, malignant neoplasm, dementia, low back pain, musculoskeletal disorders are strongly related to "poor health condition" in subjective health condition.
Therefore, as far as period analysis, the increase in life expectancy has been more than that of health expectancy in recent years, suggesting the importance of preventing these diseases will likely lead not only to an extension of life expectancies but also to a prolonged duration of healthy life years.

Free Research Field

人口統計