title: [Placement of adult population under protection of the Court: increasing dimensions concerning aged persons].
abstract: The mentally or physically handicapped adults are placed under protection by decision of the Court. In France, the number of newly-placed under protection rose to 53,700 in 1997 from 16,700 twenty years earlier. The newly-placed under protection are getting older: during the period 1990-97, the average age rose to 68 years from 64 years among females, and to 53 from 50 among males. The rate of newly-placed per 10,000 population does not vary widely between the ages 20 and 70 (approximately 7 per 10,000). It increases sharply at older ages. In the age group of 65-69, the female rate (8 per 10,000) is similar to the male rate (10 per 10,000). But in the group of 90 and over, women have a higher rate (112) than men (86). In France there are two regimes of legal protection. The regime applicable to the heavily handicapped increases steadily among the older people.
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authors.lastname: Munoz Perez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009826:Old Age Assistance; D012737:Sex Factors