Geriatric care: Need of the hour
Journal Title: Medical Journal Armed Forces - Year 2018, Vol 74, Issue 1
Abstract
As we hurtle towards the end of the second decade of the twenty-first century, a rapid demographic transition is occurring globally. For the first time in history, the elderly have become the fastest growing segment of the population. The global share of older people (>60 yrs) has increased from 9.2% in 1990 to 11.7% in 2013 and is predicted to be 21.1% by 2050.1 India has not remained untouched by this global trend. According to the United Nations Development Programme report of 2011, life expectancy at birth was more than 65 yrs in only four states (Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu) in the period from 2002 to 2006.2 Ponnapali et al. published a study on demographic transition in India in 2013.
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V. K. Sashindran
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