Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly, 1996-1997: Piedmont Health Survey of the Elderly, Fourth In-Person Survey [Durham, Warren, Vance, Granville, and Franklin Counties, North Carolina]

The Piedmont Health Survey of the Elderly is a multiyear study sponsored by the National Institute on Aging as one of the components of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE). The goals of the EPESE project were to describe and identify predictors of mortality, hospitalization, and placement in long-term care facilities and to investigate risk factors for chronic diseases and loss of functioning. The original survey, ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE ELDERLY, 1981-1993: [EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IOWA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, IOWA, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA] (ICPSR 9915), elicited information from persons 65 years of age and older. Six follow-ups were conducted, and information from death certificates for deaths occurring in the first six years of follow-up for all four sites was also collected. The data included in this release of the EPESE make up the seventh follow-up and the fourth in-person interview for the North Carolina site. This North Carolina cohort, established in a 1986-1987 baseline survey, was a sample of persons 65 or older residing in households in Durham, Warren, Franklin, Granville, and Vance counties in the Central Piedmont area of North Carolina. The North Carolina site was the only EPESE site in the southeastern United States. This site was unique in that the baseline cohort was over 50-percent Black, and the geographic area selected was diverse, allowing both racial and urban/rural comparisons to be made regarding the distribution of certain risk factors and disease. The data cover demographic characteristics (age, sex, race, income, education, marital status, number of children, employment, and religion), height, weight, social and physical functioning, chronic conditions, related health problems, health habits, self-reported use of dental, hospital, and nursing home services, and depression.

《皮德蒙特地区老年人健康调查》是一项由美国国立老年研究所资助的多年度研究项目，作为“建立老年人群用于流行病学研究”（EPESE）的一部分。EPESE项目的目标在于描述并识别死亡、住院以及长期护理机构入住的预测因素，并探究慢性疾病和功能丧失的风险因素。最初的调查项目“建立老年人群用于流行病学研究：1981-1993年：[马萨诸塞州东波士顿、爱荷华州艾奥瓦和华盛顿县、康涅狄格州纽黑文以及北卡罗来纳州中部]”（ICPSR 9915）从65岁及以上的个体中收集信息。随后进行了六次追踪调查，并收集了所有四个地点在追踪的前六年中发生的死亡证明信息。本发布版中包含的EPESE数据构成了北卡罗来纳地点的第七次追踪调查和第四次面对面访谈。这一北卡罗来纳队列于1986-1987年的基线调查中建立，是居住在北卡罗来纳州中部皮德蒙特地区的杜勒姆、沃伦、富兰克林、格兰维尔和范斯县65岁及以上人群的样本。北卡罗来纳地点是美国东南部唯一的EPESE地点。该地点的独特之处在于基线队列中黑人比例超过50%，且选定的地理区域多元，使得可以在种族和城市/农村之间就某些风险因素和疾病的分布进行比较。数据涵盖了人口统计学特征（年龄、性别、种族、收入、教育、婚姻状况、子女数量、就业和宗教）、身高、体重、社会和身体功能、慢性疾病、相关健康问题、健康习惯、自我报告的牙科、医院和养老院服务使用情况以及抑郁症状。