The Transitions of Aging

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Arora, Suchit (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: International Perspectives on Aging, 12
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Public health.; Population.; Aging.; Social Sciences.; Population Economics.; Public Health.

This book explores the unresolved paradox at the heart of population aging, namely how to account for the fact that death rates from most non-communicable diseases rise as people age, yet aggregate death rates from such diseases have decreased overall despite an increasingly aging population. It pro...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1: Aging and Non-Communicable Disease
• 2: The Epidemiologic Transition
• 3: The Profiles of Aging
• 4: Resolving the Paradox of Aging
• 5: Most Infectious Diseases Shrank with Age
• 6: The Macro Backdrop for Children
• 7: In the Natural Experiment
• 8: The Signals from the Childhood Years
• 9: Aging in Healthcare Policy
• 10: The Transitions of Aging
• Appendix
• Index.  .