Abstract
Objective: To characterize the sociodemographic profile, health status and self-care practices of the elderly registered in the primary healthcare network in the municipality of Coari, Amazonas State, Brazil. Methods: Exploratory, quantitative, descriptive, crosscut study with a population of 340 elderly people. Data collection was carried out between January and June of 2015, by means of a sociodemographic formulary, health status and self-care practices. Results: Females prevailed (59,0%), age ranged between 60 and 69 years (28,0%), and low level of schooling (87%). It was evidenced that circulatory system diseases were more frequent (46,7%) from the Noncommunicable Diseases, specifically the Arterial Systemic Hypertension among the young seniors (47,0%). Conclusion: It was concluded that professionals’ knowledge from the Family Health Strategy team may be concretely grounded in order to plan healthcare actions in view of those individuals’ needs.