One of the most important consequences of fertility control and of improvements in the expectation of life at birth of the populations all over the World, is the ' Aging of the Population' characterized by the relatively rapid increase of the aged population i.e. the population aged 60 years...
The Increased Risk of Elderly Population in India in COVID-19 PandemicPadmshree MudgalRashmi Wardhan
Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension in a selected South Indian population--the Chennai Urban Population Study. There is however very little population based data particularly in South India. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of hypertension and ... CS Shanthirani,R Prad...
Tubulointerstitial disease was more prevalent in the elderly population as compared to glomerular disease which was common in young patients.Medknow Publications & Media Pvt LtdJournal of The Nephrology SocietyPriyanka TolaniDepartment of Medicine, JNMC, Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaAmit S. PasariDepartment ...
The number of elderly people in Japan surged by 20,000 from September 2023 to 36.25 million, accounting for a record high 29.3 percent of the population, government figures showed.
Several preliminary studies have been conducted in the field of the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress in the elderly population. These studies have examined the prevalence in limited geographic areas with small sample sizes. Also, there are many limitations in the meta-analysis studies....
Issues of Elder Care and Elder Abuse in the Indian Context Summary With 7% of the population of India being elderly, two-thirds of whom live in villages and nearly a half of them in poor conditions, the care of the... D Jamuna - 《Journal of Aging & Social Policy》...
With the deepening of aging population, pension has become a hot topic of national attention at present. Nowadays, according to the open information of the World Bank, our country has the largest population in the world, compared with the second largest India, the number of the elderly in our...
Depression is among the major psychiatric illnesses affecting elderly population. Several somatic and neurological changes related to aging contribute to the development of depression. Recent metaanalysis on median prevalence rate of depression in elderly population across India has been estimated to be ...
India is home to one-fourth of the global geriatric population; the elderly population will rise to 319 million by 2050 [13]. According to the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India, 2021, approximately 13% of the population in India will comprise adults aged 60...