We forecast the old-age dependency ratio for Australia under various pension age proposals, and estimate a scheme that will provide stable at specified level. Our approach involves stochastic population forecasting method based on coherent functional data models mortality, fertility net migration, which we use to simulate future age-structure of population. results suggest Australian should be ...

background: the dependency ratio (dr) is defined as the ratio of the non-working population to the economically active population. dependency ratio is calculated by the sum of population under fifteen years and over 65 years divided by 15-64 year old population. the interpretation of dr variation gives us the impact of health care services and some reproductive interventions. this study analyze...

population in all countries plays a fundamental role in economic growth and economic development. but besides absolute size and growth rate of population, the more important factor will be “age structure” or “age distribution” of population, because it can be as source of many economical, social, and political challenges. in this research, we investigate effect of changes in population shares i...

The aim of this study is to answer the question of whether improvements in the health of the elderly in European countries could compensate for population ageing on the supply side of the labour market. We propose a state-of-health-specific (additive) decomposition of the old-age dependency ratio into an old-age healthy dependency ratio and an old-age unhealthy dependency ratio in order to part...

Many industrialized countries face fertility rates below replacement level, combined with declining mortality especially in older ages. Consequently, the populations of these countries have started to age. One important indicator of age structures is the dependency ratio which is the ratio of the nonworking age population to the working age population. In this work we find the age-specific immi...

BACKGROUND Functional dependency, the need for help in basic activities of daily living, is an important patient-oriented outcome. We aimed to describe the development of dependency in Parkinson's disease (PD) and identify independent prognostic factors for this outcome. METHODS We analyzed data from the Parkinsonism Incidence in North-East Scotland (PINE) study, a prospective, community-base...