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Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) Files

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The agency created and used these studies to identify morbidity and mortality risk factors and assess the quality of life of the elderly.

Description

This series consists of epidemiological surveys of approximately 14,000 persons aged 65 years and older. The studies include an initial baseline household interview and ongoing follow-up surveillance of morbidity and mortality, including the effects of aging.

These health and social surveys include information on activities of daily living, chronic cond itions, diseases, disabilities, institutionalization, and cause of death for representative samples of the study group living in communities in East Boston, Massachusetts; rural Iowa; New Haven, Connecticut; and the north-central Piedmont area of North Carolina. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC).

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See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.

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