HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: List Of Sovereign States And Dependent Territories By Immigrant Population, Prenatal Care, Population Ageing

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1BB3
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Terminology and agism: aging tsunami and aging baby boomers - silver tsunami. Measures of population aging: number of older people in the population, the median age of a population (half the population is older and half is younger than the median age, the proportion of older people in a population. Proportion of people aged 65 and over increasing in most poor and rich countries. For example, in canada: proportion of older people rose from 4. 7 percent in 1921 to 14. 4 percent in 2011 (statistics canada, 2012n) Large proportions of older people (not necessarily the large numbers as less developed countries) Large increase in the oldest old (80+) A large increase in the proportion and absolute number of older people in canadian society is expected. By 2036, it is projected: 23 percent to 25 percent of total population. Played the smallest part in aging of canada"s population. Affected different parts of canada in different ways depending on where they settled.