- Section 1 Ageing population and policy
- Chapter 1 Demography of global ageing
- Chapter 2 Population ageing in Europe
- Chapter 3 Ageing in North America: Canada and the United States
- Chapter 4 Population ageing in South and Central America
- Chapter 5 Population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 6 Population ageing in Asia
- Chapter 7 Population ageing in Arab countries
- Chapter 8 Population ageing in Oceania
- Chapter 9 Health expectancies
- Chapter 10 Life course approach to understanding inequalities in health in later life
- Chapter 11 Implications of population ageing for societies and governments
- Chapter 12 Economic implications of population ageing
- Chapter 13 Policy options for responding to population ageing
- Section 2 Key concepts in care of older adults
- Section 3 Principles and organization of care
- Section 4 Age-related biological changes, altered physiology, and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditions
- Section 5 Geriatric syndromes in clinical practice
- Section 6 Nutrition and metabolism
- Section 7 Mobility disorders: prevention, impact, and compensation
- Section 8 Infections in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 9 Cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 10 Vascular diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 11 Neurological disorders: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 12 Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 13 Mental health of older adults
- Section 14 Management of common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 15 Palliative medicine and end-of-life care
- Section 16 Healthy ageing
(p. 27) Population ageing in South and Central America
- Chapter:
- (p. 27) Population ageing in South and Central America
- Author(s):
Carlos M. Paixao Junior
, Roberto A. Lourenço
, and Fernando Morales-Martínez
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198701590.003.0004
Considering questions related to South and Central America probably is best done by using the better-known term of Latin America. Although much of the history of the region has common roots, many specificities make these countries somewhat heterogeneous. However, one can say that ageing in the region has been accelerated and diverse from what was witnessed in more affluent countries elsewhere in the world, because of the persistent problem of poverty still unresolved in Latin America. The over-60 population has been growing in the region for the past 30 years, producing an increase in old-age indices and old-age dependency ratios. This raises important issues about the social protection models that should be adopted to cope with these demographic trends.
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- Section 1 Ageing population and policy
- Chapter 1 Demography of global ageing
- Chapter 2 Population ageing in Europe
- Chapter 3 Ageing in North America: Canada and the United States
- Chapter 4 Population ageing in South and Central America
- Chapter 5 Population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 6 Population ageing in Asia
- Chapter 7 Population ageing in Arab countries
- Chapter 8 Population ageing in Oceania
- Chapter 9 Health expectancies
- Chapter 10 Life course approach to understanding inequalities in health in later life
- Chapter 11 Implications of population ageing for societies and governments
- Chapter 12 Economic implications of population ageing
- Chapter 13 Policy options for responding to population ageing
- Section 2 Key concepts in care of older adults
- Section 3 Principles and organization of care
- Section 4 Age-related biological changes, altered physiology, and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditions
- Section 5 Geriatric syndromes in clinical practice
- Section 6 Nutrition and metabolism
- Section 7 Mobility disorders: prevention, impact, and compensation
- Section 8 Infections in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 9 Cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 10 Vascular diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 11 Neurological disorders: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 12 Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 13 Mental health of older adults
- Section 14 Management of common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 15 Palliative medicine and end-of-life care
- Section 16 Healthy ageing