The 2011 Census cross-sectional survey data restricted to elderly in India was analyzed. 'Elderly' is defined as a person who is of age 60 years or above. Disability rates per 100,000 elderly population and age-adjusted disability rates were calculated. A total of 5,376,205 elderly ...
The population in India over age 60 years has tripled in the past 50 years and will relentlessly increase in the near future. According to census 2011, elderly people were 8.1% of the total population, and the projections for population over 60 years over the next 4 censuses are 133 millio...
The 2011 Census cross-sectional survey data restricted to elderly in India was analyzed. 'Elderly' is defined as a person who is of age 60 years or above. Disability rates per 100,000 elderly population and age-adjusted disability rates were calculated. A total of 5,376,205 elderly ...
experience disability in these areas, equating to 9m elderly men and 14m elderly women. The most recent census, from 2011, suggests that just 5% of the elderly population suffer from a disability. The prevalence of disability is much higher among widowed...
Are The Elderly Economically Dependent in India: An Analysis From Census Data Indian Journal of GerontologyPremalatha, P.Aruna, C.
Aborigines had much higher chances of being obese among men and women, while there were no differences by income status. The results clarified the factors related to obesity in the elderly, and will be useful for authorities working to improve health outcomes among this population....
population (World Health Organization,2017). According to China’s seventh population census, there are 264.02 million elderly people aged 60 and above in China, accounting for 18.7% of the total population. It is obvious that China is facing the severe challenge of population aging (Tong,2021)...
Furthermore, rapid population ageing has intensified concerns about the extent to which geriatric health spending can become catastrophic, particularly in African countries with minimal social welfare policies for elderly people [13,14], and Nigeria is no exception. Nigeria has a small but growing eld...
Due to declining fertility rates and longer life expectancy, many countries face unprecedented rapid growth in elderly individuals1; China is the fastest-aging country with the largest elderly population globally2. The latest 2020 Census results estimated that 18.7% of the population is over 603, pr...
Sample Registration System Population composition.[pdf] New Delhi: Office of the Registrar General. Available at :<http://www.censusindia.gov.in/vital_statistics/srs/Chap_2_-_2010.pdf>[Accessed 4 January 2013]. Central Statistics Office, 2011. Situation analysis of the elderly in India.[pdf]...