Sentences with phrase «of elderly population»

ABSTRACT: Diabetes Mellitus 2 (DM2) affects 20 % of the elderly population in Mexico, causes disability and death, and demands many life - style changes.

The size of the elderly population in Arizona is expected to stimulate continued demand for medical administrative assistants.

Much of the elderly population try to avoid going into a nursing home or assisted living facility for as long as they possibly can.

The only other data about abuse is a Northern Irish study published in September 2016, she adds, which suggests that 21 % of the elderly population has experienced some form of financial abuse.

THE INDEPENDENT - Feb 14 - Nearly a third of elderly population have had or would consider having sex on a first date since turning 65, while one in 10 over-75s saying they have had multiple sexual partners.

Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world today, and are the leading cause of impaired vision in New Zealand, with a large percentage of the elderly population exhibiting some signs of this eye lesion.

«This is the first project that goes in such depths into the effects of the Mediterranean diet on health of elderly population.

Treatment and recovery of the elderly population is even more challenging for physicians and other caregivers because these patients are more likely to have other health issues that can complicate their recovery and rehabilitation.

Although the growing share of the elderly population means that demand for this segment of telehealth will grow, the increasing capabilities of remote patient monitoring devices, like fitness trackers and smartwatches, and mHealth apps will likely cause many of these designated devices to fold into the other segments of telehealth.

Not exact matches

A surge in the number of the elderly will push the UK's population significantly higher by 2030, according to a report.

But with roughly 10,000 Americans turning 65 every day, the elderly population is growing so quickly that instances of financial fraud affecting the elderly are becoming ever more common.

The 34 - year - old married mother of a one - year - old girl had doubts about the government's ability to fund retirement for Japan's growing ranks of elderly in the world's oldest population.

The vast majority also believed the abolition of notes and coins would cause problems to parts of the population, such as the elderly, while only a third saw it as a way to fight tax evasion and money laundering.

That means fewer workers to support the ever - expanding population of elderly: The number of people in the workforce is expected to decline by about 20 % to 63.4 million in 2035.

The number of elderly people - at 1.16 million - rose 2.6 per cent to 15.9 per cent of the total population between 2011 and 2016.

Considering Japan's aging population (people over 60 constitute more than a quarter of the population), the political landscape has turned into one in which political candidates focus solely on the elderly demographic.

Yes, demographics matter — higher population of the elderly does not drive housing generally, while working age population growth can drive household formation and higher demand for housing.

Major transfers to persons increased by $ 1.0 billion on a year - over - year basis, with virtually all of the increase attributable to higher elderly benefits, reflecting an increase in the eligible population base and in average monthly benefits, which are indexed to inflation.

The American economy will strain to support elderly dependents comprising a third of its population, but the Iranian economy will collapse — particularly given the projection, common among economists, that, by about 2020, Iran will be a net importer, rather than exporter, of oil, as its reserves dry up.

The elderly, 12 per cent of the population, make up little more than 3 per cent of those appearing in either religious or general programs.

Perhaps the real advantage of the relatively large proportion of elderly, singles and young couples is the consequent reduction in the project's population density.

And these children are the same people who as adults will be called upon to make enormous sacrifices to support China's growing ranks of the elderly — for not only is China graying, it is doing it faster than any population in history.

Ready meals have experienced significant growth in Japan (over US$ 15 billion market size) largely due to their growing elderly population.43 Chilled and frozen ready meals are also seeing growth across Asia with the increasing reach of the cold chain and growing levels of refrigerator ownership in cities.

«Fifty percent of our population gets muscle cramps, with athletes, elderly, and outdoor workers being the most susceptible» — Nutritional Outlook; December 2015; Pickle Juice Makes a Splash in Functional Drinks

WSJ points out that a shrinking demographic of children ultimately means a smaller workforce to support our country's growing elderly population.

One newspaper, looking to augment the number of female and young readers, regularly published violations concerning these particular demographics, at the expense of other vulnerable populations, such as the elderly or indigenous.

The list was topped by Hamilton County, where elderly residents made up nearly 29 percent of the population, followed by Delaware, Columbia, Essex and Warren, all of which had elderly populations of 21 percent or more.

With just 13.3 percent of its population over 64, Jefferson had upstate's smallest elderly population.

The biggest is how it responds to an increasingly elderly population with far higher levels of chronic disease.

Labour targets Corby, Croydon Central, Plymouth Moor View, Morley and Outwood, Derby North, Gower, Thurrock and Telford all have smaller Conservative majorities than the additional number of voters since 2015 - although in these seats, with much smaller student populations and in some cases many elderly voters, other factors are likely to play a far bigger role in determining the outcome.

As many as 120,000 senior residents — 12 percent of the city's elderly population — suffer abuse annually, according to 2011 data from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services cited by Crain's.

These public forums provide an opportunity to increase citizen awareness and participation in the Consortium's federal Community Development program by allowing the general public, as well as agency advocates for low and moderate income individuals, the elderly and handicapped to offer suggestions and information on the needs of these populations to County and municipal officials.

«With 80 per cent of breast cancers occurring in women over the age of 50 and a steadily increasing elderly population, the concerns raised in this report will only intensify over the coming years unless urgently addressed.»

Raising the retirement age might be sensible with an ageing population, but it is a gimmick unless age discrimination and inequality are seriously tackled; because if the rate of unemployment is high among the elderly then a raised retirement age simply defers the point where working age benefits are replaced by pension benefits.

The study by researchers in Italy and Switzerland predicts that although the actual number of deaths from all cancers in the European Union will continue to rise due to growing populations and numbers of elderly people, the rate of cancer deaths will continue to decline overall, with some notable exceptions: lung cancer in women and pancreatic cancer in both sexes.

Although the actual absolute numbers have increased when compared with 2009 (the year for which there are World Health Organization mortality data for most EU countries) due to the growing numbers of elderly people, the rate (age - standardised per 100,000 of the population) of people who die from the disease has declined from 148.3 male and 89.1 female deaths per 100,000 in 2009 to 138.1 deaths and 84.7 per 100,000 predicted for 2014.

However, some caution in the interpretation of the results is necessary, as underlined in an accompanying editorial by Salvatore Petta, MD, PhD, of the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Di.Bi.M.I.S., University of Palermo, Italy, and Giulio Marchesini, MD, of the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), «Alma Mater» University, Bologna, Italy., In fact, the study included only an elderly Caucasian population and there were few participants in the no - coffee or no - tea control groups, which limit a straightforward conclusion about the effect of coffee and tea on the liver..

According to the US Census Bureau, the elderly population in the United States is projected to almost double, from the most current estimate of 43 million in 2012 to 80 million by the year 2050.

Some physicians argue that although tiny blood pressure drops will not have a big effect on individuals — they will not really affect your risk of having a heart attack — they may end up saving lives at the population level, in part because a small percentage of the population, including some African - Americans and elderly individuals, seem to be hypersensitive to salt.

The researchers noted that the cohort of 2,827 participants whose data were analyzed in this study were generally healthy, mostly Caucasian (92.2 %), elderly males (average age 76.4 years), therefore limiting the generalizability of the study results to other populations.

A recently published study in the journal Oncotarget is a contribution to understanding the underlying causes of COPD, especially in the elderly population.

View a slide show of Honda's technology in action David Iida, a spokesperson for Honda present at the event, says the primary inspiration for the devices was the demographic shift in Japan, which has a shrinking population and the world's highest proportion of elderly people.

A growing population of elderly people with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia in China threatens to overwhelm the country's social support systems

Even if progressively smaller percentages of the growing elderly population develop dementia in years to come, Haaga says, Alzheimer's «is already the most expensive disease in the U.S., and it will continue to grow.»

«Singapore is facing the challenge of a rapidly aging population and we are certainly seeing more elderly who turn up at the SGH Emergency Department after falls.

Professor Kristina Akesson, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit at Lund University, Chair of the IOF Capture the Fracture Campaign, stated, «This study concludes that in the population sample of elderly women, vitamin D insufficiency sustained over 5 - years was associated with increased 10 - year risk of osteoporotic fracture.»

«Good news for aging population: Incidence of stroke in elderly has dropped by 40 % over last 20 years.»

Moreover, the stressed mice's gray hairs and the cell populations in their follicles were indistinguishable from those of elderly mice, suggesting that genotoxic stress might drive natural graying as well.

Insomnia is one of the most common neuropsychiatric disorders, with an estimated incident of 10 - 15 % in general population and 30 - 60 % in elderly population.

As the world's population grows, and the proportion of elderly people increases, the number of people living in suboptimum health is set to rise rapidly over coming decades, warn the authors.