What’s Next for Old Europe? : Aging with Growth in Central Europe and the Baltics
Europe’s population is growing older. People are living longer and healthier lives. Wealthier European Union (EU) countries have enjoyed near‐universal access to better health care and seen public health promotion and lifestyle changes that have reduced the morbidity and mortality due to heart di...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24867673/aging-growth-central-europe-baltics-what’s-next-old-europe http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22515 |
| Summary: | Europe’s population is growing older. People are living longer and healthier lives. Wealthier
European Union (EU) countries have enjoyed near‐universal access to better health care and seen
public health promotion and lifestyle changes that have reduced the morbidity and mortality due
to heart disease, an effort known as the “cardiovascular revolution”. As a result the EU‐15
countries enjoy an average life expectancy of 81 years. At the same time, EU‐15 countries have
also witnessed a drop in fertility since the 1970s, though recently fertility has stabilized or reincreased
in a number of countries. |
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