Health Sciences 2711A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Population Ageing, Old Age, Central Force

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2711A/B
• Professor: Dr. Stephen Lin

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But in other contexts, this becomes questionable and we need to consider many factors. Age pyramid of canadian population, 1971, 2010: here you can see that birth rate is dropping and people are living longer the population is aging. Age pyramid of canadian population, 2009, 2036, 2061: demographers can also predict how the population will look in the future, this graph is predicting that the older population will get larger and larger. These all affect their impact on the healthcare system. Three key indicators of an old population: % of a population that is 65 and older, median age of a population, dependency ratio (dr, % of a population that is 65+ In africa, people are dying much younger (high mortality rate) and they have a higher fertility rate, so therefore they have a younger population. Proportion (%) of the population aged 65 and over, g8 countries, 2006 and 2011: don"t memorize the numbers but know the trends.