HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Population Ageing, Population Pyramid, Epidemiological Transition
20 Oct 2017
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Age at which half the population is old and half the population is young. A population is old if at least 10% of the population is aged 65+ In canada (2011), the percentage of the population aged 65+ was 14. 8%. Provides a conceptual and visual image of a population"s age-sex structure. Each bar represents the number of people in each age and sex in the population. Is the most significant cause of population aging. A population ages when the proportion of young people declines. Write down the number of children their grandparents had, the number of children your parents had, and the number of children you have had or plan to have. The population of children aged 4 and under increased 11% between 2006 and. Highest growth rate for this age group (baby boom echo ) since the 1956- 1961 period during the baby boom. Immigration plays the smallest role in population aging.
