An Epidemiological Study of the Morbidity Pattern among the Elderly in Six Countries

The elderly are one of the most vulnerable and high risk groups in terms of morbidity and health status. For this study Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) survey data (2007-2010) have been used. Results show, that prevalen ce of morbidities is significantly higher (58 %) in Russia Federation followed by India and Gh ana (53.8& 40.7 %). Furthermore, the prevalence of Vision problem is remarkab le higher in India and Russia Federation (31.2 & 20.4 %) than in other selected countrie s. The elderly were 12.6 % having hearing problem in Russia Federation while lees contr ibution of Ghana about 3.3 %.Wealth of the respondent are statically associated with morbidity across selected countries. Regression results depicts higher educated elderl y are less likely (0.451, p>0.001) to have morbidity than their counterpart. Furthe rmore, urban respondent have significantly high morbidity as compare to their counterpar t. The intergenerational support has been drastically changed due to the new econo mic scenario.