The aim objective of this research is to examine the incidence of non-communicable or non-contagious diseases and to identify the main illnesses ailments that affect the health and quality of life for the elderly population who live in the Callao region, in order to know the changes that have occurred in the pattern of causes of morbidity, passing from infectious or transmissible diseases to non-infectious or non-communicable others. Due to this, a validated and reliable data collection instrument was designed, which was applied to 202 subjects that are part of the representative sample of people older than 60 years or older, between men and women. The survey, which consists of 25 questions, is a structured, generic and direct questionnaire, and the results obtained will be disclosed. This research concludes that the demographic and epidemiological transitions have made changes in fertil...

In Callao region a slow process of demographic aging is taking place, that is, older adults are constantly growing, reaching 12.4% of the total population of the region. Furthermore, life expectancy has increased to 78.4 years. Generally, the employment situation of this population is unemployed or retired. Therefore, they are at a stage in your life in which they have free time, which they could use for tourist trips or recreational activities, actions that would benefit their health and improve their quality of life. In the country, the elderly live in a situation of marginalization and neglect. Due to this, they should be incorporated into tourism public policies, which would lead to the elaboration of specialized tourist plans for this group, considering their tourist preferences, motivations, economic capacity, their state of health, among other aspects. It is unavoidable to conside...

The aim objective of this research is to examine the incidence of non-communicable or non-contagious diseases and to identify the main illnesses ailments that affect the health and quality of life for the elderly population who live in the Callao region, in order to know the changes that have occurred in the pattern of causes of morbidity, passing from infectious or transmissible diseases to non-infectious or non-communicable others. Due to this, a validated and reliable data collection instrument was designed, which was applied to 202 subjects that are part of the representative sample of people older than 60 years or older, between men and women. The survey, which consists of 25 questions, is a structured, generic and direct questionnaire, and the results obtained will be disclosed. This research concludes that the demographic and epidemiological transitions have made changes in fertil...