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Mark J. Popp, MD
Tucson

JAMA. 1985;254(22):3178-3179.

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To the Editor.—

I read with great interest the article entitled "Migration of the Elderly From High Altitudes in Colorado" in the June 7 issue of JAMA.¹ I certainly can't disagree with the conclusion that elderly people do migrate from high altitudes to lower altitudes. What really surprised me, however, was the fact that the reason for the migration was unknown. The large survey size leads me to believe that the researchers may have had difficulty drawing their conclusions. They state that four times as many elderly persons left high altitudes for reasons of poor health as left for any other reason. Climate was the only other frequently cited reason. Perhaps if the researchers had asked different questions they would have found that climate had more to do with the heart and lung disease they encountered than altitude.

I migrated from a low-elevation of about 200 m in the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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