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18 Ageing in the Twenty-First Century: A Celebration and A Challenge
Chapter 1: Setting the scene In 1950, there were 205 million persons aged 60 or over in the world. 1 By 2012, the number of older persons had increased to almost 810 million. It is projected to more than double by 2050, reaching 2 billion. Global population ageing Currently there are 15 countries with more than 10 million older persons, seven of these being developing countries. By 2050, 33 countries are expected to have 10 million people aged 60 or over, including five countries with more than 50 million older people. Out of these 33 countries, 22 are currently classified as developing countries. The population aged 60 or over is growing at a faster rate than the total population in almost all world regions. Globally, the population aged 80 years or over is growing faster than any younger age group within the older population. The population of centenarians, those aged 100 years or over, is growing fastest. Table 1 provides some of the available data on population ageing which are discussed in this chapter. It shows that life expectancy at any age is expected to increase and indicates the rapid pace of population ageing. Table 1: Global ageing indicators Life expectancy 2011/12 2050 projection Life expectancy at birth by sex (men/women) 67.1 / 71.6 73.2 / 78.0 Life expectancy at 60 by sex (men/women) 18.5 / 21.6 20.9 / 24.2 Life expectancy at 80 by sex (men/women) 7.1 / 8.5 8.3 / 9.8 Frédéric Dupoux/HelpAge International Population Number of people aged 60+ 809,742,889 2,031,337,100 Number of people aged 80+ 114,479,616 402,467,303 Number of people aged 100+ 316,600 3,224,400 Percentage of people aged 60+ 11.5 21.8 Percentage of people aged 80+ 1.6 4.3 Sex ratio: Number of men aged 60+ 83.7 86.4 per 100 women aged 60+ Source: UNDESA, Population Division (2012). Prepared by the Population and Development Section on the basis of data from UNDESA, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision (New York, 2011), and UNDESA, World Population Ageing and Development 2012, Wall Chart (2012; forthcoming) www.unpopulation.org, and UNDESA, Population Division, World Population Ageing: Profiles of Ageing 2011 (New York, 2011), CD-ROM. 19
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Page 5 and 6: Contents 6 List of abbreviations 7
Page 7 and 8: Acknowledgements Acknowledgements O
Page 9 and 10: Preface This is a special year for
Page 11 and 12: HelpAge International Foreword Fore
Page 13 and 14: In 1950, there were 205 million per
Page 15 and 16: The way forward In many parts of th
Page 17: Chapter 1 of the report provides an
Page 21 and 22: Discussions with older people in So
Page 23 and 24: There are also marked sub-regional
Page 25 and 26: The difference between current life
Page 27 and 28: The implications of increasing life
Page 29 and 30: The challenges of population ageing
Page 31 and 32: The response: The Madrid Internatio
Page 33 and 34: When the law was passed we started
Page 35 and 36: Chapter 2: A fresh look at evidence
Page 37 and 38: I take care of eight grandchildren
Page 39 and 40: Older people in the Philippines mar
Page 41 and 42: Income security in old age The chal
Page 43 and 44: A major challenge in interpreting p
Page 45 and 46: social (non-contributory) pensions
Page 47 and 48: The global financial and economic c
Page 49 and 50: Table 2: Selection of social pensio
Page 51 and 52: South Africa’s Old Age Pension co
Page 53 and 54: I’m lucky to have a large pension
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Page 57 and 58: Computer training in Ireland. Rapid
Page 59 and 60: Transforming lives through literacy
Page 61 and 62: The rise of non-communicable diseas
Page 63 and 64: Dementia - a global concern Dementi
Page 65 and 66: Risk factors for chronic diseases T
Page 67 and 68: Many of the determinants of poor he
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Hospital care in Haiti. Older peopl
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Living longer with HIV Among infect
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Training of care providers and heal
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Age-friendly environments “Whatev
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Fixed-rate bus fares for people age
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In the UK, 45 per cent of 55-75 yea
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Workers in rural informal labour fo
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Urban life also has negative aspect
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Ageing and environmental change Cli
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A refugee in Dadaab, Kenya. A surve
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Global response In the past 10 year
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In Myanmar, volunteers from older p
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I give my mother my love “My moth
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Exposing elder abuse and discrimina
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Government response Few countries h
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Teresa Minja of the Tanzania Social
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On a different yet equally importan
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News, television, film and advertis
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Chapter 3: A review of progress The
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At least 17 countries have approved
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Table 2: Examples of surveys and re
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In a few countries, including the D
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South Africa’s National Archives
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Residents and staff of a care home
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Regional preparations for the secon
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Regional Strategy for Implementatio
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Since 2011, Peru’s National Solid
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A great-grandmother in Viet Nam, wh
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In preparation for an analysis of p
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More specific recommendations are:
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service policies across sectors and
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In some countries, programmes to su
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Chapter 4: The voices of older pers
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Older persons’ responses to the M
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Health in older age Overall, partic
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In Kyrgyzstan, older people raised
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Some also refer to the shifting rel
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“Older people were also invited t
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“Older women can do many things.
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“Pension fund officers treat olde
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“In the past there was only one h
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“People with mental disorders are
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In various aspects of daily life, o
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Another barrier to tackling abuse -
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Based on these recommendations, a f
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Chapter 5: The way forward “Older
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concern in developed countries, whi
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Capacity development for an ageing
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Specific actions according to the P
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Percentage of total population aged
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7. Unemployment rate of older perso
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17. Number and proportion of public
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In most countries, it proved feasib
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30. OECD, Pensions at a Glance 2009
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156. UNAIDS, Together We Will End A
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286. US States Government Accountab
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UNFPA, the United Nations Populatio
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