HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Maximum Life Span, Centenarian, Population Ageing
11 Apr 2016
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Learning objectives: to examine, population aging terminology, global population aging, population aging in canada, theorizing population aging and health, causes of demographic changes, impact of population aging. Terminology: life expectancy, number of years on average a person is expected to live, maximum life span, maximum number of years a human will live (about 120 years) Measures of population aging: three ways demographers study how the composition of a population changes, median age in a population, number of people who 65, proportion of aging people to the younger people. 4: higher health care and pension costs and social support needs. Demographic transition theory: tries to explain why the structure of population change. Population pyramid: goal is to provide an conceptual image of how a population"s age-sex structure looks. Causes of demographic changes: population size and structure are affected by the following three demographic forces, decreasing fertility, the most important factor, increase in life expectancy, immigration.
