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» Fact Sheets: Challenges of Global Aging
Administration on Aging • www.aoa.gov • 2004
The United States is faced with profound challenges associated with dramatic increases in the numbers of people living to an advanced old age.
This 21st Century phenomenon, shared by many nations, can be attributed to advances in science, technology and medicine leading to reductions in infant and maternal mortality, infectious and parasitic diseases, occupation safety measures, and improvements in nutrition and education.
Rapidly expanding numbers of very old people represent a social phenomenon without historical precedent. Today, the number of persons aged 60 years or older is estimated to be 605 million. That number is projected to grow to almost 2 billion by 2050, when the population of older persons will be larger than the population of children (0-14 years) for the first time in human history.
Read more: http://www.aoa.gov/press/fact/alpha/fact_global_aging.asp