As expected, both death rates and poor health rise with age. Although many chronic illnesses are not a direct result of aging, their rates generally increase with age. Some researchers suggest the theory of compressing morbidity into a smaller time frame in old age. In other words, in our society, we have attempted to limit serious illness into a smaller amount of time in old age by the use of Western medicine. Age is typically used as a constant and identifying factor in health analysis.
Gender is perhaps one of the most widely used independent variables related to health.
This over-generalization in research has created a fascination with the subject. In the past, many have strongly correlated gender to health. In the same issue of the journal, Sharon Matthews et. Although not all studies support the change in thought, I believe that it will become the new trend in research. Race has been intensively studied as an indicator of health in the past.