HLTA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Genomics, Baby Boomers, 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake And Tsunami
25 Apr 2018
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Week 11 reading: japan: super aging society preparing for the future: Demography of aging in japan: unprecedented population aging: the proportion of people aged 65+ years in the total population is highest in the world: Japan is experiencing population aging that is unprecedented in the world. 23% in 2009: the critical contributor to population aging, however, is rapidly declining fertility, the total fertility rate declined from 4. 54 births per woman in 1947 rather quickly to. Japa(cid:374)"s populatio(cid:374) is agi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d declining in size simultaneously: remarkably, population aging is no longer limited to rural areas that suffer from outmigration of younger people; it is an urban phenomenon. Japan precedes other countries in embracing population aging as an urban issue. Secondary data sets on aging: longitudinal, internationally comparable data are critical to advance knowledge on global aging. Public policy issues: population aging affects local and national economies as ell as pension, health, and long term care systems.
