We investigated the relationship between "human development" and quality of life of elderly in a cross-sectional, quantitative-descriptive study, with 182 elderly of both genders, > 60 years, attending the Universities of the Third Age, in districts A, B, C. The quality of life was evaluated by WHOQOL-BREF. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney statistical tests were applied, considering a significance level of 5%. There was no statistically significant difference when comparing the quality of life of the three districts together; there was in environmental domain when comparing A with the other districts; and in social and environmental domains when comparing A with C. It was concluded that the "human development", measured by HDI, influenced on the quality of life of elderly in social and environmental domains, and the best results were obtained among the inhabitants of A and B, compared to the inhabitants of C.
elderly; quality of life; human development index
