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GROUP 1Purpose:
To present a Health Situational Analysis of the Older Persons in Barbados
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PERSPECTIVE OF AGEING IN THE CARIBBEAN
INTRODUCTION
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THIS INCREASE IS DETERMINED BY A SERIES OF EVENTS, NAMELY:(1) SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN MORTALITY LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN POPULATION
(2) FERTILITY RATE DECLINE WHICH LEADS TO A DECREASE IN THE YOUNGER POPULATION AND A TREND TOWARDS AN INCREASED POPULATION OF OLDER AGE GROUPS AND
(3) INCREASED LIFE EXPECTANCY
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DEMOGRAPHICS BARBADOS Total population 275000
Males 132 =48% Females 143 =52%
Age Index Pop> 15 yrs 20.6% Pop 60 yrs and over 16.5% Pop 80 yrs and over 3.6% Median Age 34.7% Total life Expectancy at birth 74.9 male/79 female Total Fertility rate 1.5 births per woman Infant mortality rate fluctuated between 13 -14
per 1,000 live births in the period 2002 to 2003.
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SOCIOECONOMICSThe Barbados economy grew at an annual average rate of 3% from 1993 until 2000. Following a short-livedrecession in 2001, the growth trend resumed by mid-2002 and by 2006, it was estimated at about 3.7% perannum. In the period 1991 to 1994, per capita income fell below the 1990 level of US $5,750. However, withsustained economic growth post-1994, per capita income rose from US $6,000, to US $7,000, to US $9,050and US $10,0004 in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2007, respectively. (US$1.00 = BD$2.00).
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SOCIOECONOMICS Health Services GDP 5.1% - 5.6% Access health Care- Free at point of
Delivery funded through general taxationpersons 65 years and over; b) children
under 16 years of age; and c) persons who receive prescribed Formulary
Drugs for the treatment of hypertension, diabetes, cancer, asthma and/or epilepsy.
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DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAM
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RISK OF ILLNESS OF DEATH Major challenge morbidity and mortality
related to NCD e.g diabetes, hypertension cancer, obesity
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ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES Comprehensive health care is provided
through a network of primary, acute, secondary and tertiary care institutions that ensures appropriate care to every member of the family.
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UTILIZATION OF THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY AGE GROUP
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RECOMMENDATIONS Specific health Indicators related older
personsCollection of data in related to NCD and
age-related diseases e.g AlzheimersChallenge is inconsistencies data from
relevant sources
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RECOMMENDATIONS CONTIN… Conduct surveys Research on social indicators affecting
the aged. Desegregate data of age 65 +and
sex( housing, education statistics etc)