Abstract
The population's aging is a response to the change of some health indicators, especially the decrease in fecundity and mortality and increase in life expectation. The population growth in Brazil is a matter of public health, and it has been increasing a lot over the last decades. Therefore, this study aims to identify health and socio-demographic conditions of elderly living at home in the city of Jequié-BA. It's a descriptive, cross-sectional study with a qualitative approach. It was identified that 51.7% of the aged were male, 37.8% belonged to the age group of 70-79 years and 96.5% were illiterate; the most frequent pathology among them was hypertension, with 73.3%, followed by diabetesmellitus, with 17,2%. The study reinforces the importance of planning public policies towards the specific needs of the elderly population, besides other studies that may enlarge the knowledge about this population.
Descriptors:
Demographic Aging; Health Status Indicators; Fecundity Rate.Mortality; Public Health; Social Conditions; Quantitative Analysis; Aged; Jequié city-BA.