title: Life expectancy without depression increases among Brazilian older adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate life expectancy with and without depressive symptoms in older adults for the years 2000 and 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated individuals aged 60 years or older (n = 1,862 in 2000 and n = 1,280 in 2010), participants of the Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento (SABE - Health, Wellbeing and Aging) study in in Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil. Depression was measured using the shorter version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15); respondents scoring ≥ 6 were classified as having depression. Estimates of life expectancy with and without depression were obtained using the Sullivan method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data from 2000 indicate that 60-year-old men could expect to live, on average, 14.7 years without depression and 60-year-old women could expect to live 16.5 years without depression. By 2010, life expectancy without depression had increased to 16.7 years for men and 17.8 years for women. Expected length of life with depression differed by sex, with women expected to live more years with depression than men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Between 2000 and 2010, life expectancy without depression in Sao Paulo increased. However, older adults in Brazil, especially older women, still face a serious burden of mental illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, EUA.
authors.forename: Flávia Cristina Drumond
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: San Francisco Department of Public Health, Community Behavioral Health Services, San Francisco, CA, EUA.
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Lúcia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lebrão
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Duarte
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population