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| How many, how old, how soon? | | Author(s) | Kay-Tee Khaw |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 319, no 7221, 20 November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1350-1352 (Education and debate section) |
| Keywords | Demography ; Physical disabilities ; Health services ; Needs [elderly]. |
| Annotation | Population projections are useful in helping plan for the future: they can identify future needs and where resources are likely to be required. The author uses age specific population projections to 2066 for the UK from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), to ascertain likely health service requirements. The numbers of those aged 60 and over is projected to increase from 12 million (20% of the population) in 2001 to 18.6 million in 2031 (30%). Numbers of those with various chronic diseases and disabilities are also projected to increase by threefold. The implications of these trends for health and health care are discussed. This is the first of four articles based on presentations given at a BMJ conference, "Medicine in an Ageing Society" on 24th November 1999. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991122203 A |
| Classmark | S8: BN: L: IK * |
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