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A Pinnelli

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PubMed1995

Determinants of the health and survival of the elderly: suggestions from two different experiences--Italy and Israel.

This study compares the health status and survival of the elderly in Israel and Italy. "The data used in this study derive from two sample surveys, one in Israel in 1985 and the other in Italy in the winter 1986/7.... The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of health, the use of the health care system and survival of the elderly...within the limits imposed by the data available by comparing two countries, Italy and Israel, which share similarities with regard to survival and development, but with fairly different demographic structures and cultures." (SUMMARY IN FRE)

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PubMed1989

Living arrangements and family networks of older women in Italy.

As in many other industrialized countries, population aging in Italy is disproportionately a phenomenon associated with unmarried women, mainly widows. This article examines the extent to which older unmarried women live alone, and the extent to which they receive help in everyday tasks from others outside their households, using data from a large Italian household sample survey conducted in 1983. Older women can either live alone or with others, and may or may not receive external help in either case; thus there are four distinct combinations of outcomes analyzed. In both descriptive bivariate analysis and a multivariate model of the outcomes, we find pronounced differences in behavior according to region of residence, educational level, age, degree of disability, work experience, and pension receipt. The findings indicate the importance of family as a source of help and/or co-residence in situations of need.

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[Record linkage in the study of infant mortality: some aspects concerning data quality].

"The article concerns some aspects of the record linkage carried out by the ISTAT [Central Statistical Institute] for the study of infant mortality among the 1975 birth cohort in seven Italian regions." About eight percent of the records are found to be unlinked. A log-linear model is used to identify the variables affecting the percentage of unlinked records. (summary in ENG, FRE)

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Infant survival in Italy: recent trends.

This paper analyzes the historical and geographical evolution of fetal and infant mortality (stillbirths + deaths in the 1st year of life) in Italy, starting from the 1950s. Particular attention is given to the last 20 years, which have marked an important turning point. Up to the beginning of the 1970s, the decline of fetal and infant mortality was above all due to the decline of post-neonatal and late fetal mortality, but later the part due to the decline of early neonatal mortality has become more and more significant since it began to decrease more rapidly and to be differentiated geographically. An important role in the decline of early neonatal mortality seems to be played by the improvement in the quality of births, attained through the reduction of prematurity, besides advancements in medical treatment. The latter have been more effective for what concerns gestation, childbirth, and the post-neonatal period than for the early neonatal period. Notwithstanding the recent improvements, the situation in Italy appears more backward than in other developed countries. To attain positive results in the future, not only from the viewpoint of quantity but also of quality, the strategy to be followed should aim, on one side, at the prevention of risk factors and on the other at the treatment of infants not at risk, as some other countries seem to be doing. A greater attention to statistical information and to cross-disciplinary working methodologies appear of great importance to attain further improvements.

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