Field Coverage

Caring for Old Age People in the World

1 January 1985

Rising life expectancies and declining birth rates throughout the world over are creating an increasing proportion of old people to young. By the year 2000, there will be nearly 600 million people over 60 years old, twice the 1970 figure.
An old person in Havana.

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