Table 1.
Distribution of the oldest-old according to socioeconomic, demographic and health status characteristics.
| Variables | SABE-PB | SABE-SP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | TOTAL | |||
| n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 57 | 49.1 | 104 | 80.6 |
| Male | 59 | 50.9 | 25 | 19.4 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White | 59 | 50.9 | 75 | 58.1 |
| Not white | 54 | 46.5 | 54 | 41.9 |
| Did not answer | 3 | 2.6 | - | - |
| Age group | ||||
| 80–89 years | 96 | 82.8 | 104 | 80.6 |
| 90 and over | 20 | 17.2 | 25 | 19.4 |
| Literate | ||||
| Yes | 47 | 40.5 | 100 | 77.5 |
| No | 69 | 59.5 | 26 | 20.2 |
| Did not answer | - | - | 3 | 2.3 |
| Importance of religion to the elderly | ||||
| Important | 106 | 91.4 | 109 | 84.5 |
| Not important | 9 | 7.8 | 16 | 12.4 |
| Did not answer | 1 | 0.8 | 4 | 3.1 |
| Self-assessment of income | ||||
| Sufficient | 75 | 64.7 | 81 | 62.8 |
| Insufficient | 41 | 35.3 | 46 | 35.7 |
| Did not answer | - | - | 2 | 1.5 |
| Cognitive states | ||||
| Adequate | 50 | 43.1 | 94 | 72.9 |
| Suggestive of impairment | 64 | 55.2 | 30 | 23.3 |
| Did not answer | 2 | 1.7 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Subjective well-being | ||||
| Best | 86 | 74.1 | 88 | 68.2 |
| Worst | 27 | 23.3 | 37 | 28.7 |
| Did not answer | 3 | 2.6 | 4 | 3.1 |
| Sleep self-assessment | ||||
| Good | 56 | 48.2 | 74 | 57.5 |
| Average | 30 | 25.9 | 34 | 26.4 |
| Bad | 19 | 16.4 | 19 | 14.6 |
| Did not answer | 11 | 9.5 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Self-assessment of hearing | ||||
| Good | 45 | 38.8 | 50 | 38.8 |
| Average | 32 | 27.6 | 51 | 39.5 |
| Bad | 28 | 24.1 | 24 | 18.6 |
| Did not answer | 11 | 9.5 | 4 | 3.1 |
| Self-assessment of vision | ||||
| Good | 38 | 32.7 | 47 | 36.4 |
| Average | 37 | 31.9 | 54 | 41.9 |
| Bad | 30 | 25.9 | 27 | 20.9 |
| Did not answer | 11 | 9.5 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Fall occurrence in the last 12 months | ||||
| Yes | 31 | 26.8 | 52 | 40.3 |
| No | 84 | 72.4 | 77 | 59.7 |
| Did not answer | 1 | 0.8 | - | - |
| Self-assessment of current health compared to that of a year ago | ||||
| Better | 19 | 16.4 | 16 | 12.4 |
| Average | 60 | 51.7 | 64 | 49.6 |
| Worse | 36 | 31.1 | 49 | 38.0 |
| Did not answer | 1 | 0.8 | - | - |
| Number of self-reported diseases | ||||
| None | 27 | 23.2 | 11 | 8.5 |
| One | 46 | 39.6 | 17 | 13.2 |
| Two or more | 43 | 37.2 | 42 | 32.6 |
| Did not answer | - | - | 59 | 45.7 |
| Number of medication use | ||||
| None | 14 | 12.1 | 6 | 4.7 |
| One to four | 60 | 51.7 | 44 | 34.1 |
| Five or more | 34 | 29.3 | 79 | 61.2 |
| Did not answer | 8 | 6.9 | - | - |
| Depressive symptoms | ||||
| Yes | 34 | 29.3 | 90 | 69.8 |
| No | 39 | 33.5 | 9 | 7.0 |
| Did not answer | 43 | 37.2 | 30 | 23.2 |
| TOTAL | 116 | 100 | 129 | 100 |
Note. Data was collected in Brejo dos Santos, in the state of Paraíba, Brazil (SABE-PB) and in São Paulo, capital (SABE-SP) in 2017 and 2016, respectively. SABE is abbreviation for the research project name in Portuguese (Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento or Health, Well-being, and Aging).