Person: Denisenko
Denisenko
Mikhail B.
Ageing and Life Expectancy
Family and Children
Health
Migration and Integration
Projections and Forecasts
Working Life
Person: Meslé
Meslé
France
Ageing and Life Expectancy
Health
Person: Duthé
Duthé
Géraldine
Ageing and Life Expectancy
Health
Social and Demographic Statistics Training Materials

Countries in the UNECE region must build on progress to achieve goals of sustainable societies for all ages

Press Release from the UNECE
In a context of continued population ageing, countries in the UNECE region have made strong progress towards promoting active ageing and ensuring inclusive and sustainable societies for all ages. But further efforts are needed to realize the potentials of living longer. These are the main findings of a new report assessing trends and progress in countries’ actions in response to the challenges and potential linked to ageing populations, released today at the opening of the 4th UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing, held in Lisbon.
Person: Mussino
Mussino
Eleonora
Family and Children
Health
Migration and Integration
Society and Solidarity
Books and Reports: Dementia Trends: Implications for an Aging America

Dementia Trends: Implications for an Aging America

With Americans living longer and the large baby boom generation reaching ages 65 and beyond, the sheer numbers of people with conditions of old age—including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias—are expected to rise dramatically in coming years. But there is some potentially good news: The share of the population with dementia may have fallen over the past 25 years—likely the result of better brain health related to more schooling and aggressive treatment of high blood pressure and diabetes.
Do Recessions during Working Age affect Health in Later Life?

Do Recessions during Working Age affect Health in Later Life?

Using SHARE data from eleven countries, Liudmila Antonova, Tabea Bucher-Koenen and Fabrizio Mazzonna investigate the effects of economic crises that people experience during their prime working age (20-50) on their health later in life. The results show that when comparing individuals that experienced a strong recession (GDP dropped by at least 1%) and those that did not, people that experienced a recession rate their subjective health as worse and have worse objectively measured health. This effect is significantly stronger for people with low levels of education.
A Better Understanding of Subjective Wellbeing in Older Age

A Better Understanding of Subjective Wellbeing in Older Age

In today’s ageing societies, assessing subjective well-being  in later life has gained substantial attention among researchers, as well as among policymakers in the areas of economic, health, and social policies. However, remarkably little is known about how older adults understand their own subjective well-being and related concepts, such as quality of life, and how these concepts differ between different groups of older adults.
News: Women in East Germany forecasted to be more likely to die from smoking than in West Germany

Women in East Germany forecasted to be more likely to die from smoking than in West Germany

New study from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
East German women are running the risk of an unforeseen increase in deaths through smoking, forecasts up to the year 2036 by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock show. The researchers have published their findings in the leading journal on population trends, Demography.
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