HDE 117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Infant Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, Developing Country
14 Apr 2017
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Lecture 16: age pyramids, age pyramids a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population, birth rate and death rate (age-specific) have an effect on over-all structure. Increase of medical cost: us is at 14% but florida is at 18% (glimpse of what the future will be); ca is at almost 12% for population ages 65, life expectancy (years) . Japan is the longest living country: south korean women by 2050 will be the longest living group in the world, russia is not so good in life expectancy. 14% - 1 out 7 will be 65+ (us population currently) 20% - 1 out of 5 will be 65+ projected: even though we spend much more on healthcare compared to cuba, we have about the same life expectancy. 1950: 6/10 centenarians would die before the year passed.
