Introduction
Longevity and sociology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3635037 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pauline Savy (La Trobe University, corresponding author), Anne-Maree Sawyer, Anne‐maree Sawyer (0000-0001-6225-7192, La Trobe University), Jeni Warburton (0000-0002-1241-4169, La Trobe University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2-9 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5172/hesr.2014.23.1.2 |
| OpenAlex | W1965679352 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Population ageing is an historically unprecedented global phenomenon. The (World Health Organization [WHO], 2013) reports that, in almost every country, the proportion of people aged over 60 years is increasing faster than any other age group. It predicts that between 2000 and 2050 this proportion of the world's population will double from about 11 to 22% or, in absolute terms, increase from 605 million to 2 billion (WHO, 2013). The ageing of populations around the world is clearly a cause for celebration. Longevity reflects human success in instituting effective public health measures, dealing with killer childhood diseases, significantly reducing maternal mortality, and producing the means of effective fertility control. Yet, many people around the world are not advantaged by this progress: they do not expect to make old bones. Such groups as Indigenous populations, people with disabilities and those with serious mental illnesses lag behind others in terms of health status and propensity for long life. It is estimated that Indigenous Australians, for example, have a life expectancy at birth of 59.4 years for males, and 64.8 years for females, some 16-17 years less than the overall Australian population (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013)
Biology · Fertility · Indigenous · Life expectancy · Longevity · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Welfare · World population · Aging and Gerontology Research · Demography · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Law · Medicine · Gerontology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |