Declining birth rates combined with increased life expectancy have led to an irreversible
trend of population aging within contemporary society. This demographic shift poses …

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the speed of population aging in China has
been accelerating. Under the medium or low assumptions, the proportion of older adults …

Population of China, which is the largest developing country with 1.4 billion people in total in
2019, is aging rapidly due to rapid declines in both fertility and mortality. Under the medium …

China is aging at an extraordinary speed and has the largest quantity of elderly persons in
the world. Scholars utilize this unprecedented living experience of human being and the …

Research on healthy life expectancy (HLE) in China has been fueled by a spate of new data
sources and studies, yet no consensus is reached on the pattern of HLE changes and the …

In 2021, China became an aged society when the share of its elderly population (age 65
years and above) exceeded 14%. In China, as in other upper‐middle‐income and high …

Globally, the population of the late-elderly (aged≥ 75 years) was expected to rise from 275
million in 2020 to 768 million by 2050 (1), which might result in large disease burdens …

Objective: To examine whether we live healthier as we live longer in Hong Kong, which has
one of the highest life expectancies in the world. Methods: Sullivan's method was used to …

Background Owing to rapid economic development and advances in healthcare services,
the life expectancy of the elderly has increased. But longer life expectancy does not mean …

Life expectancy at birth continues to increase remarkably in Asia-Pacific, reflecting sharp
reductions in mortality rates at all ages, particularly among infants and children (see …