The association between personal income and aging: A population-based 13-year longitudinal study

Population aging is set to increase the elder dependency ratio, causing a rapid increase in healthcare expenditures and financial burden on the government. This study aims to construct an aging score from age-related diseases and to perform longitudinal analyses to examine the association between personal income and aging.A total of 86,838 subjects drawn from a community with 384,617 residents in northern Taiwan were examined. Personal income...