Population ageing in the United States of America: implications for public programmes
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Like the rest of the world, the US is an ageing society. This will place substantial additional pressure on publicly-funded health, long-term and income support programmes for older people. This paper analyses the demographic changes that the US faces and how they will affect those programmes, concentrating on the factors that may affect the economic burden that these programmes impose. Like the rest of the world, the US is an ageing society (Table 1). Between 2000 and 2050, the number of older people is projected to increase by 135%. Moreover, the population aged 85 and over, which is the group most likely to need health and long-term care services, is projected to increase by 350%. Over this time period, the proportion of the population that is over the age of 65 will increase from 12.7% in 2000 to 20.3% in 2050; the proportion of the population that is age 85 and older will increase from 1.6% in 2000 to 4.8% in 2050.
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- Authors
- Wiener, J. M., & Tilly, J.
- Affiliations
- Urban Institute (US)
- ORCID
- Wiener, Joshua M
- Venue
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2002-08
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 776-781
- ISSN
- 0300-5771 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-3685
- OpenAlex
- W2109921660
- Cited by
- 271
- References
- 26
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- FWCI
- 8.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Global Health Care Issues
- Social Sciences › Demography › Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Keywords
- population aging, older adults, government programs, health programs, long-term care, income support, economic burden, population projections, United States
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aging, Delivery of Health Care, Demography, Humans, Politics, Population Dynamics, Public Policy, United States
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