The health of elderly people and its correlation with chronic diseases in Algeria Analytical study based on the data of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019

Abstract

This study aims to track the reality of the health of elderly people in Algerian society through the Cluster Survey MICS 6 2019 This is through investigating the stages of the demographic transition that Algeria has known, which has led to change in the age structure, including an increase in the rate of aging, and this is due to the improvement of the standard of living and health of this group in particular, which has led to a rise in the hope of life. The percentage of the population in Algeria aged 60 years and over reached 9% in 2019 which is a fragile category exposed to a range of chronic diseases , as a person gets older , the death rate from these diseases increases , reaching 63% for the same category according to the 2008 census , so this study aims to highlight the prevalence of these diseases and their distribution by age groups and to know the average age when the disease was diagnosed for the first time and relationship between age and the type of chronic disease , and this allows us to take a realistic picture of this category from the health side.