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Purpose:
To present a Health Situational Analysis of the
Older Persons in Barbados
INTRODUCTION
 Total
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population 275000
Males 132 =48%
Females 143 =52%
 Age
Index Pop> 15 yrs 20.6%
 Pop 60 yrs and over 16.5%
 Pop 80 yrs and over 3.6%
 Median Age 34.7%
 Total life Expectancy at birth 74.9 male/79 female
 Total Fertility rate 1.5 births per woman
 Infant mortality rate fluctuated between 13 -14 per
1,000 live births in the period 2002 to 2003.
The Barbados economy grew at an annual average
rate of 3% from 1993 until 2000. Following a shortlived
recession in 2001, the growth trend resumed by
mid-2002 and by 2006, it was estimated at about
3.7% per
annum. In the period 1991 to 1994, per capita
income fell below the 1990 level of US $5,750.
However, with
sustained economic growth post-1994, per capita
income rose from US $6,000, to US $7,000, to US
$9,050
and US $10,0004 in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2007,
respectively. (US$1.00 = BD$2.00).
 Health
Services GDP 5.1% - 5.6%
 Access health Care- Free at point of Delivery
funded through general taxation
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persons 65 years and over; b) children under 16
years of age; and c) persons who receive
prescribed Formulary
Drugs for the treatment of hypertension,
diabetes, cancer, asthma and/or epilepsy.
 Major
challenge morbidity and mortality
related to NCD e.g diabetes, hypertension
cancer, obesity
 Comprehensive
health care is provided
through a network of primary, acute,
secondary and tertiary care institutions that
ensures appropriate care to every member of
the family.
 Specific
health Indicators related older
persons
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Collection of data in related to NCD and agerelated diseases e.g Alzheimers
Challenge is inconsistencies data from relevant
sources
Conduct surveys
 Research on social indicators affecting the
aged.
 Desegregate data of age 65 +and sex(
housing, education statistics etc)
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