Assessment of Quality of Life among Rural and Urban Elderly Population of Wardha District, Maharashtra, India (original) (raw)
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Ageing is a universal phenomenon characterised by an increased risk of morbidity, disability, reduced functional capacity and eventually death. Due to better accessibility and availability of quality health care services, a continuous demographic transition is occurring leading to an increase in life expectancy. The proportion of people aged 60 years and above is increasing over a period of time. By 2020, for the first time in history, the number of people aged 60 years and older will outnumber the children younger than 5 years and by 2050, the world’s population aged 60 years and older is expected to total 2 billion, up from 841 million today.1 In India, the proportion of geriatric population was around 7% in 2001 which is expected to rise to 11.6% by 2026.2 As per 2011 census, 8% of population was aged 60 years & above, 8.1% in rural settings and 7.9% in urban settings.3 Due to epidemiologic transition, there is a shift from communicable diseases to various lifestyle disorders and...
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