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Demographics of aging and skin disease
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2001What are the dermatologic needs of aging and skin disease in the elderly in the new millennium? This question may be impossible to answer, but predictions may be derived from current sources of data. Data from the US Census Bureau and the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey are used to characterize current use of dermatologic care in the aging ...
E S, Smith, A B, Fleischer, S R, Feldman
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Demographic Characteristics of Subjective Age
The Journal of Social Psychology, 1995The relationships between subjective age and (a) gender, (b) marital status, (c) education, (d) income, and (e) race were examined, using data from two U.S. adult samples. None of these demographic characteristics were systematically related to any dimension of subjective age, suggesting that other characteristics are responsible for variation in ...
K V, Henderson +2 more
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2021
Population aging is occurring in almost all developed countries, albeit with differences in timing and intensity. This unprecedented phenomenon is evident not only in the change in the population age structure, but also in the impressive increase in the average length of life.
Busetta Annalisa, Bono filippa
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Population aging is occurring in almost all developed countries, albeit with differences in timing and intensity. This unprecedented phenomenon is evident not only in the change in the population age structure, but also in the impressive increase in the average length of life.
Busetta Annalisa, Bono filippa
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Aging in China: Demographic alternatives
Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 1988"In this article, China's future prospects have been discussed with regard to the aging of its population, by drawing heavily upon a new set of population projections prepared on the basis of the 1982 Population Census data. Unlike a variety of population projections for China currently available, our projections have placed heavy emphasis on the ...
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Old age and the demographic transition
Population Studies, 1984Summary This paper examines the impact of the demographic transition upon the potential supply of, and demand for, family support for the aged in Australia. Using census and survey information on population cohorts entering old age, comparisons are drawn concerning their surviving issue, household composition and family membership.
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The ageing male: demographics and challenges
World Journal of Urology, 2002In the year 2000, there were more than 400 million people aged 65 and over in the world--projected to increase to almost 1.5 billion by the year 2050--a close to fourfold increase compared to the 50% increase for the global population as a whole. More than 25% of these 1.5 billion elderly people are projected to be "oldest-old" (aged 80 and over ...
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Demographic aging: A notion to revisit
The History of the Family, 1999"The article analyzes the concept of ¿demographic aging', why ¿age 60' (years) was chosen as a threshold for the start of ¿aging', and how these notions have been applied in France. Since the nineteenth century, tremendous changes have occurred in the meaning of ¿age 60', both in terms of the social and familial roles a person of that age is expected ...
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[Demographic evolution, aging and frailty].
Recenti progressi in medicina, 2003The 20th century will be remembered for its technological and scientific discoveries and for the exceptional changes in the demographic structure brought about by these and the improved economic and social conditions; in fact, the reduction in the birth rate and a fall in the death rate have caused an increase in the population of the elderly.
CICCONETTI, Paolo +5 more
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Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2002
Kevin, Kinsella, Victoria A, Velkoff
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Kevin, Kinsella, Victoria A, Velkoff
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Aging Demographics and Anesthesia
2012Over the last century, life expectancy in the USA has increased dramatically. Only 100 years ago, it was common for people to die prior to their 50th birthday. The average age of the US population increased by as much as 14 years between 1900 and 1940. Of children born today, 95 % will exceed 50 years of age with many living well into their 80s.
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