U25005 An Age-Old Advantage. Healthy aging in two centuries of Swedish and Dutch long-lived families

Citering:
Demografiska databasen, CEDAR, Umeå universitet (2025). U25005.
http://dx.doi.org/10.17197/U25005

Beskrivning av uttaget:
The aim of the project is to study long-lived families across multiple generations to understand the factors that contribute to healthy aging in a changing disease environment.

The project examines how socioeconomic resources, lifestyle, and hereditary resilience influence the likelihood of living a long and healthy life. Using historical data, we identify families with a longevity advantage and track their development over time—from periods of high epidemic mortality to the rise of lifestyle-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The project has three main questions:
How disease trajectories differ for members of long-lived families compared to the general population.

How their immunological resilience differs from that of the general population.
How the role of socioeconomic status and lifestyle-related diseases in healthy aging has changed over time.

Typ av data:
Demografiska data

Analysenhet:
Församling

Databas:
POPLINK

Variabler:
85

Språk:
Data: svenska
Dokumentation: engelska

Beställare av uttaget:
Ingrid van Dijk, Lunds universitet