Strengthening the Scientific Foundation for Policymaking to Meet the Challenges of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: Summary of a Workshop

by National Research Council, National Research Committee on Population, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, et al.

Recent demographic trends in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region will shape the growth and age composition of its populations for decades to come. The rapid mortality decline that began during the 1950s, and the more recent and even sharper reduction in fertility, will produce unusually high rates of growth of the older population, a large change in overall population age composition, and significant increases in the ratio of older to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309378044
• ISBN13: 9780309378048
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"