Background Traditional metrics for population health ageing tend not to differentiate
between extending life expectancy and adding healthy years. A population ageing metric …

Background The old-age dependency ratio (OADR), which is the ratio of older people
(aged≥ 65 years) to working age people (aged 20–64 years), is the most common way to …

Summary The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda calls for health data to be
disaggregated by age. However, age groupings used to record and report health data vary …

Worldwide, populations are rapidly ageing. This demographic shift presents both
opportunities and challenges. Most people aspire to live a long and healthy life, and older …

Background Following the economic crisis in Greece in 2010, the country's ongoing austerity
measures include a substantial contraction of health-care expenditure, with reports of …

Background: Measurement of changes in health across locations is useful to compare and
contrast changing epidemiological patterns against health system performance and identify …

As researchers, journal editors, and representatives of non-governmental organisations, we
are writing to express our concern about the way in which the health implications of …

Summary Background The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring
together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework …

Ageing is a dynamic process, and trends in the health status of older adults aged at least 60
years vary over time because of several factors. We examined reported trends in morbidity …

Background How long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health,
and how the population's state of health and leading causes of disability change over time …