HLTC22H3 Chapter 2: Chapter 2.doc
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Pyramid-shaped population profiles result from high fertility rates and high mortality rates. Furthermore, in many cases, older adults are beneficial to the economic health of the country rather than a burden. Life expectancy: the avg number of years a person in a particular cohort can expect to live. Geographic location and residence: although older people tend to be residentially stable, they may move they retire. E. g. retirees may move where the cost of living is lower or the climate more temperate. In later years, after the death of a spouse or if one partner experiences poor health, older people often return to the state in which they spent their younger years, seeking familiar environment and family members. Thus, states that have high levels of in-migration of elders tend to host the young-old, who are relatively healthy and have a fair among of disposable income, providing net gains.
