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]

The goals of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (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 survey elicited information from persons 65 years of age and older in four geographic locations: East Boston, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut, Iowa and Washington Counties, Iowa, and five counties in north central North Carolina. The public use baseline data (Part 1) 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. Data from six follow-up surveys conducted in all four of the sites are also provided (Parts 2-4 and 6-8), along with information from death certificates for deaths occurring in the first six years of follow-up for all four sites (Part 5).

EPESE（老年人流行病学研究既定人群）项目的目标在于描述并识别死亡、住院以及入住长期护理设施的前瞻性预测因子，并探究慢性疾病及功能丧失的风险因素。该调查收集了四个地理区域（马萨诸塞州东波士顿、康涅狄格州纽黑文、爱荷华州的爱荷华县和华盛顿县，以及北卡罗来纳州中北部五个县）65岁及以上人群的信息。公开使用的基线数据（第一部分）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、就业和宗教信仰）、身高、体重、社会及身体功能、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。此外，还提供了在所有四个地点进行的六次后续调查的数据（第二至四部分和第六至八部分），以及所有四个地点在随访前六年内死亡证明中的相关信息（第五部分）。