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Luis Miguel GutiérrezRobledo | Zendy; Alberto Palloni | Zendy; Martha María TéllezRojo | Zendy

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Author(s) -

Luis Miguel GutiérrezRobledo,

Alberto Palloni,

Martha María TéllezRojo

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

salud pública de méxico

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1606-7916

pISSN - 0036-3634

DOI - 10.21149/spm.v57s1.7583

Subject(s) - latin americans , fertility , demography , pace , population , geography , total fertility rate , population ageing , developed country , socioeconomics , gerontology , medicine , research methodology , political science , economics , family planning , sociology , geodesy , law

The population of Mexico today has more adults aged 60 and older than children younger than five. Even so, the proportion of older adults as a share of the total population is significantly lower in Mexico than in high income countries. However, Mexico and other countries in the region of Latin America are ndergoing a period of accelerated aging that is partly due to the fast pace at which mortality rates dropped after 1930, and partly to the more-recent sudden drop in fertility rates. In the last 20 years, research on aging has accelerated as well and the scientific community has benefitted from having new sources of information and databases.

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