Description: Population Aging : Is Latin America Ready?

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Population Aging : Is Latin America Ready?

The past half-century has seen enormous changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of about 160 million people, less than today's population of Brazil. Two-thirds of Lat...

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Main Author:	Cotlear, Daniel
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE ADULT MORTALITY ADULT POPULATION AGE DISTRIBUTION AGED AGING AGING POPULATIONS AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CENTER FOR HEALTH CHALLENGES OF POPULATION CHANGES IN POPULATION SIZE CHILD CARE CHILD MORTALITY CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CITIES COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN DECLINE IN FERTILITY DECLINES IN MORTALITY DEMOGRAPHERS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEPENDENT CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIABETES DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC STATUS ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY LEVELS FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FERTILITY TRANSITIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DEMAND HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH PLANS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HIV HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HYPERTENSION ILL HEALTH ILLNESS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION COUNTRIES IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPACT OF POPULATION IMPACT ON HEALTH IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH INCOME INCOME SECURITY INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INDIVIDUAL INCOMES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTEREST IN POPULATION INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION ISOLATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF ACCESS TO TREATMENT LARGE FAMILIES LARGE POPULATION LARGE POPULATIONS LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LEADING CAUSES OF MORTALITY LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATORS LEVEL OF POVERTY LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LONG-TERM CARE LOW FERTILITY MAJORITY OF CHILDREN MALARIA MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH MEDICAL NEEDS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OBESITY OFFICE OF POPULATION OLD AGE OLD-AGE OLDER ADULTS OLDER PEOPLE OLDER PERSONS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PANDEMIC PARASITIC DISEASES PENSIONS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES POLICY CHANGE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLIO POOR NUTRITION POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION CHANGE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION FIELD POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION ISSUES POPULATION MOMENTUM POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION STRUCTURE POPULATION STUDIES PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RECIPIENT COUNTRIES REMITTANCES REPLACEMENT LEVEL REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESPIRATORY DISEASES RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE UTILIZATION SLOWER POPULATION GROWTH SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WELFARE SPOUSE SPOUSES TRAUMA TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION URBAN CENTERS URBAN POPULATION VIRGIN WOMAN WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD CONFERENCE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD POPULATION YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG AGES YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE
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Summary:	The past half-century has seen enormous changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of about 160 million people, less than today's population of Brazil. Two-thirds of Latin Americans lived in rural areas. Families were large and women had one of the highest fertility rates in the world, low levels of education, and few opportunities for work outside the household. Investments in health and education reached only a small fraction of the children, many of whom died before reaching age five. Since then, the size of the LAC population has tripled and the mostly rural population has been transformed into a largely urban population. There have been steep reductions in child mortality, and investments in health and education have increased, today reaching a majority of children. Fertility has been more than halved and the opportunities for women in education and for work outside the household have improved significantly. Life expectancy has grown by 22 years. Less obvious to the casual observer, but of significance for policy makers, a population with a large fraction of dependent children has evolved into a population with fewer dependents and a very large proportion of working-age adults. This overview seeks to introduce the reader to three groups of issues related to population aging in LAC. First is a group of issues related to the support of the aging and poverty in the life cycle. Second is the question of the health transition. Third is an understanding of the fiscal pressures that are likely to accompany population aging and to disentangle the role of demography from the role of policy in that process.