An Analysis of Family Medical History with Chronic Health Condition and Death among Elderly Population in Odisha

Abstract

The study describes the family medical history, chronic diseases, and deaths of the particularly
elderly population of Odisha. The different indicators used in this study are diseases i.e.
hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer with respect to age, residence, and gender of
the old aged population. The chronic diseases and deaths of the old aged population are also
studied corresponding to different age groups, gender, and residence of the elderly aged
population. The Chi-square test is used in this study of medical family history and chronic
disease and death. The paper founds, that the death of the old aged population of different age
groupsis independent of their residence, age, and gender.