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Population aging

LC control no.sh2006002110
LC classificationHQ1060 HQ1064
Topical headingPopulation aging
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Variant(s)Aging of population
Aging population
Aging society
Demographic aging
Graying (Demography)
Greying (Demography)
See alsoAge distribution (Demography)
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Found inWork cat.: 2005485048: Ruaux, J. 2030, le papy-crash? c2005.
LC database, Mar. 23, 2006 (population aging; population ageing; greying; graying)
Longevity science web site, Mar. 23, 2006 (in article by Leonid A. Gavrilov and Patrick Heuveline: aging of population (also known as demographic aging and population aging) is a summary term for shifts in the age distribution (i.e. age structure) of a population toward older ages)
Wikipedia, Mar. 23, 2006 (in demographics population ageing or population ageing in North American English occurs when the average age of a region's population gets older)
The World Bank thesaurus, Mar. 23, 2006 (Aging population; used for aging society)
Pressat, R. The dict. of demography, 1985: p. 7 (ageing (of the population); alteration in the age structure of a population in the direction of an increase in the relative importance of old persons ... usually reflected in an increase in the average age of the population)