Differences in health at age 100 according to sex: Population-based cohort study of centenarians using electronic health records

Abstract

Objectives To use primary care electronic health records (EHRs) to evaluate the health of men and women at age 100. Design Population-based cohort study. Setting Primary care database in the United Kingdom, 1990-2013. Participants Individuals reaching the age of 100 between 1990 and 2013 (N = 11,084, n = 8,982 women, n = 2,102 men). Measurements Main categories of morbidity and an index of multiple morbidities, geriatric syndromes and an index of multiple impairments, cardiovascular risk factors. Results The number of new female centenarians per year increased from 16 per 100,000 in 1990-94 to 25 per 100,000 in 2010-13 (P