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| Some demographic consequences of revising the definition of "old age" to reflect future changes in life table probabilities | | Author(s) | Frank T Denton, Byron G Spencer |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 21, no 3, Fall 2002 |
| Pages | pp 349-356 |
| Keywords | Age groups [elderly] ; Life expectancy tables ; Demography ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Although 65 has long been used to define the beginning of "old age", it is clear that the definition is arbitrary. Moreover, with continuing reductions to mortality and morbidity rates, it will become increasingly inappropriate as time passes. The authors consider how the definition might be modified to reflect changes in life table probabilities, and how the future numbers and proportions in "old age" would be affected. In a similar manner, they consider a redefinition of the "oldest old" from a current definition of 85 and over. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021101221 A |
| Classmark | BB: S7: S8: 7S |
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