Some demographic consequences of revising the definition of "old age" to reflect future changes in life table probabilities

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 349-356

  Denton, Frank T ^a   Spencer, Byron G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Aging; Mortality; Old

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PENSION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0036745673     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800001677     Document Type: Review

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