Prince Martin, Acosta Daisy
Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña (UNPHU), Departamento de Medicina Interna, Seccion de Geriatria, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Vice-Chair, Alzheimer's Disease International.
Int Psychiatry. 2006 Oct 1;3(4):3-6. eCollection 2006 Oct.
Demographic ageing proceeds apace in all world regions (United Nations, 2003). The proportion of older people increases as mortality falls and life expectancy increases. Population growth slows as fertility declines to replacement levels. Latin America, China and India are experiencing unprecedentedly rapid demographic ageing (Figs 1 and 2).