Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly, 1993-1994: [Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas]

The Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic
Studies of the Elderly (Hispanic EPESE) was modeled after the design
of the 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) and 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] (ICPSR 2744). The Hispanic
EPESE collected baseline data beginning in September 1993 through June
1994 on a representative sample of community-dwelling Mexican-American
elderly, aged 65 years and older, residing in the five southwestern
states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. The
primary purpose of the study was to provide estimates of the
prevalence of key physical health conditions, mental health
conditions, and functional impairments in older Mexican Americans and
to compare these estimates with those for other populations. The
Hispanic EPESE attempted to determine whether certain risk factors for
mortality and morbidity operate differently in Mexican Americans than
in non-Hispanic White Americans, African Americans, and other major
ethnic groups. The public use baseline data cover demographic
characteristics (age, sex, type of Hispanic 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.