title: [Definition of the elderly patient. Demographic data].
abstract: Based on data from INSEE, the French population included in 1982 54,273,200 men and women, 18.5% of whom were more than 60, 13.5% more than 65, 6.5% more than 75 and 1.4% more than 85 years of age. With increasing age the sex ratio men/women changed from 1.2 between 60 and 64 to 3 after 90 years of age. For the year 2000 an increase of 20% of those of more than 60 and of 42% of those of more than 85 years of age is expected.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Central, Nancy.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Laxenaire
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D012744:Sex Ratio
vernacular_title: Définition du vieillard. Données démographiques.