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An ageing population: a crisis?

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The rise in life expectancy and fall in mortality at older ages has brought with it a fear of an increasedburden of chronic disease to society. Data suggest that these fears are perhaps overly pessimistic and thatthe proportion of one’s life spent in ill health may actually be falling. There are numerous advancementsand strategies, medical and non-medical, that are already being implemented to compress morbidity insociety. Our ageing population is definitely not a crisis but is a challenge we need to address.

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