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Health needs of elderly people
EDITOR, - In her editorial on priorities in geriatric research, Christine K Casel states that the world's elderly population is increasing dramatically and most visibly in "developed" countries.1 This reflects our society's myopia with respect to the health of those in so called "developing" countries, where the majority of the world's elderly live.
The world population aged over 55 years increases by one million people per month. Eighty per cent of growth is in developing countries where, by the year 2020, the elderly population is likely to exceed one billion. Over the next 30 years the proportion of the world's elderly population living in developing countries is projected to increase from 58% to 72%.2 Current public health policies in many Third World countries, supported by international agencies, focus on maternal health, contraception, and infant health. The result will be the aging of society in Africa, Asia, and South America, and
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