The impact of demographic change on needs for health and social provision.
Keywords: ageing; demography
Ageing as a Global Challenge in the New Millennium
John Grimley Evans, Green College, University of Oxford, UK
Published online: September 2005
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003965
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Figure 1. Population structure of England and Wales in 1901 and 1971. National Census data.
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