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TheWorld Health Organization (WHO) defines the elderly as people aged 60 and older and reports that there are about 600 million elderly people in theworld(WHO, 1999). However, according to demographic projections, by the middle of the current century this number will increase to 2 billion. The situation in Latin American countries is similar; in the year 2025 there will be almost 40 million elderly people (WHO, 1999; PAHO, 2002a,b). In Mexico, statistics from the national census (INEGI, 2000) revealed that in the year 2000 there were almost seven million people 60 and older; and according to demographic projections, in the year 2050 one in every four Mexicans will be in this age group (CONAPO, 2001; Tuiran, 1999). Falling fertility and mortality rates and emigration to the Unites States account for Mexico’s rapidly aging population. Increasing numbers of elderly people represent one of the most important challenges for Mexico, particularly with respect to health.
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Salgado de Snyder, V.N. (2007). Aging, Health and Migration: The Voices of the Elderly Poor in Mexico. In: Angel, J.L., Whitfield, K.E. (eds) The Health of Aging Hispanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-47208-9_9
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