HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jato, Demographic Transition, Prenatal Care

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1BB3
• Professor: Anju Joshi

Document Summary

Demography: study of any population and the properties of that population (ex. Calling a group of (older) people a negative connotation. Health professionals do it, politicians do it, etc. 30: the proportion of older people in a population (how many people need to be employed to support older people) Proportion of people aged 65 and over increasing in most poor and rich countries. For example, in canada: proportion of older people rose from 4. 7% in 1921 to 14. 4% in 2011 ****midterm. Large numbers of older people due to high birth rate (the number of brths per 1,000 women in a population) and increasing life expectancy. Because they have a high population and birth rate. Poverty (don"t have great standards of living, lack of housings) Lack of available support (don"t have the same support we have in canada) Large numbers of old and very old people.