Thursday, May 5, 2022

Asia and Africa have similar aging burden as the West

Researchers have devised a new metric, the 'Health-Adjusted Dependency Ratio' (HADR) as an alternative to the most commonly used aging metric, the old-age dependency ratio (OADR). The research suggests that age-related health burden is distinct from a ratio based exclusively on age and is the first to incorporate dependency associated with ill-health to generate a new metric that represents a more holistic measure of dependency for 188 countries.

from Healthy Aging News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/4j8anZW

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