10.6084/m9.figshare.7513784.v1 Davi da Silveira Barroso Alves Davi da Silveira Barroso Alves Maria Tereza Serrano Barbosa Maria Tereza Serrano Barbosa Ernesto Raúl Caffarena Ernesto Raúl Caffarena Alexandre Sousa da Silva Alexandre Sousa da Silva Demographic aging characterization in the city of Rio de Janeiro: contributions to sustainable public policies SciELO journals 2018 population aging public health policies spacial analysis 2018-12-26 04:48:59 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Demographic_aging_characterization_in_the_city_of_Rio_de_Janeiro_contributions_to_sustainable_public_policies/7513784 <p></p><p>Abstract Objective Describe the stage of population aging in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Methods Ecological study with the 160 city neighborhoods as observational units, using social and demographic indicators built with information from the 2010 census. The exploratory analysis was undertaken with thematic maps, and the spatial dependence was measured with the Global Moran’s Index. K-means clustering was used for grouping neighborhoods with similar aging stages. Results Three neighborhood clusters in different stages of population aging were found and a spatial trend in the west-east direction was identified, with neighborhoods in the ‘South Zone’ in a more advanced stage of population aging. Conclusion The study identified differences in the population aging process and in the age composition of neighborhoods, indicating the need for specific public health policies that allow for the particularities of this process in each location, aiming a sustainable population aging.</p><p></p>