Trends in Disability at Older Ages
This e-newsletter is the seventh in a series funded by the University of Michigan Demography Center.
This issue, “Trends in Disability at Older Ages” highlights National Institute on Aging-funded research and other recent research that explores the impact of conflicting trends (declining old-age disability and increasing obesity) on disability rates and health care costs.
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Aging and Health in China: What Can We Learn From the World’s Largest Population of Older People?
The United Nations projects that there will be 366 million older Chinese adults by 2050, which is substantially larger than the current total U.S. population of 331 million.
Which Country Has the Oldest Population? It Depends on How You Define ‘Old.’
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