Integrating social, climate and environmental changes to confront accelerating global aging.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The global increase in the aging population presents critical challenges for healthcare systems, social security, and economic stability worldwide. Although the studies of the global rate of aging have increased more than four times in the past two decades, few studies have integrated the potential combined effects of socio-economic, climatic, and environmental factors.

Methods

We calculated the geographic heterogeneity of aging population growth rates from 218 countries between 1960 and 2022. Public databases were then integrated to assess the impacts of seven global stressors: socio-economic vulnerability, temperature, drought, seasonality, climate extremes, air pollution, and greening vulnerability on growth rates of aging population (a totally 156 countries)

SUBMITTER: Hua K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11481513 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature