Geriatric Preventive medicine

Dr. Vikash kumar.

Assistant professor, Community Medicine
RDJM. Medical college.
 Demography of geriatric population:
World :

 population aged 60 years and over will increase from 1 billion in

2020 to 1.4 billion.

 By 2050, the world’s population of people aged 60 years and

older will double (2.1 billion).

 The number of persons aged 80 years or older is expected to

triple between 2020 and 2050 to reach 426 million.

Source: WHO Ageing and health

 Indian Population
• As per the report, there were 149 million persons aged 60
years and above in 2022 (as of 1 July), comprising around
10.5% of the country’s population.
• And, by 2050, this population will double to 20.8%, with the
absolute number at 347 million.
• By the end of the century, the elderly will constitute over 36%

of the total population of the country, the report

predicted.
Elderly population growth in India from 1951 to 2020,
with estimates for 2021 and 2031
• Government of India’s National Policy on Older
Persons 1999,
• Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior
Citizens Act, 2007
• National Policy for Senior Citizens 2011,
• The National Programme for Health Care of Elderly
and Health and Wellness Centers under the
Ayushman Bharat programme provide dedicated
healthcare to elderly at primary health care
settings.
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