Strengthening the Scientific Foundation for Policymaking to Meet the Challenges of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean Summary of a Workshop (2015) / Chapter Skim
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2 Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean in Global Perspective
2 Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean in Global Perspective
Pages 5-14
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Just as individuals age in a world of other aging individuals, Latin America is aging in a world of other regions and countries that are also aging, he said. Scientific advances in other countries offer information of value to the region and, similarly, LAC experiences can shed light on problems being faced elsewhere in the world.
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According to Crimmins, this success of the last century has provided a challenge of this century: to change institutions and understanding in such a way to adjust to the fact that populations are aging and will continue to do so. Crimmins noted that aging is highly related to health and health care because age is related to health.
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Japan has the most undiagnosed hypertension, which she characterized as surprising given that Japan is the world's longest-lived country. She said the United States looks relatively very good in terms of controlled hypertension, which she attributed to the U.S.
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An important factor that should not be overlooked, she said, is that differences across countries can provide valuable insights into the situation in one particular country. DATA NEEDS FOR AGING IN LATIN AMERICA Victor Garcia, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía in Mexico, provided additional context for the workshop by highlighting data on global aging from the United Nations.
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At these rates of growth, the 60-and-older LAC population would double in fewer than 20 years, while a doubling of the under-60 LAC population would take about 115 years. Garcia explained that not only is life expectancy at birth increasing worldwide, but also life expectancy at age 60 is rising.
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While population censuses and some surveys provide good estimates of labor force participation, there is little available information about the assets of older people and their entitlement-program participation. In the health arena, there is very little information about chronic conditions from the usual health information sources, and much more and better information is needed about a variety of chronic diseases, functional capacity, depression, self-perceived health states, lifestyle habits, surgeries, out-of-pocket expenses, and the use of medications, assistive devices, and health services.
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Smith described the beginnings of the HRS in the United States. The study began in 1992 as a nationally representative longitudinal survey of roughly 20,000 people aged 51 and older designed to produce public use data.
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The age coverage of the sample begins at age 45 in some countries, where the onset of illness may begin earlier than in Europe or the United States. Survey periodicity is 2 years.
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HRS. Smith explained that, in many ways, this would be bad science; for example, the ways in which economic resources are measured in China can be very different than how they are measured in the United States.
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