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The Transitions of Aging (Hardcover)
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The Transitions of Aging (Hardcover)
Series: International Perspectives on Aging, 12
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This book explores the unresolved paradox at the heart of
population aging, namely how to account for the fact that death
rates from most non-communicable diseases rise as people age, yet
aggregate death rates from such diseases have decreased overall
despite an increasingly aging population. It provides a long-term
historical perspective on this issue, presenting evidence that the
underpinnings of modern aging extend as far back as the nineteenth
century, and that aging has boosted per capita healthcare spending.
The book first outlines the three eras of the Epidemiologic
Transition, taking readers from its first stage where the threat of
infectious diseases loom large, through the transitional stage, and
on to the modern era, where non-communicable diseases are the
primary cause of death. Next, the book examines the age-profiles of
people whose childhoods coincide with the different stages of the
Epidemiologic Transition. Using data from England and Wales, one of
the few places that have recorded the data necessary for such an
exploration, the book resolves the aging paradox by studying hidden
generational change. It traverses historical time and identifies
the distinct socio-economic and epidemiologic childhood conditions
that may appear in it. It then compares, for instance, aging of
children brought up in an earlier epidemiologic stage with aging of
ones raised in a modern one. In the process, it explores the
influence of childhood development on aging. Overall, the book has
a quantitative bent, engaging the reader with analytical issues
that will help develop a deeper understanding of modern aging.
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