The Pros And Cons Of Aging Population

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Although the medical technology advances and better health care improved life expectancy age, the world’s population is steadily becoming older, which can bring negative results for society. In the last century, some countries, particularly in developed countries, have shifted policy in the direction of low fertility. Combined with the advances in medical technology, people get better assistance, which makes the average age increases within a short period of time. As a result, people are happy with living longer. However, aging population problem emerges. Compared with improving people’s life, a series of issues caused by aging population cannot be ignored.

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They claim that older people play many important roles in society, such as mediators, teachers, employees, volunteers, housewife, caretakers, culture keepers, and someone who is knowledgeable and remembers histories. There are some organizations owned by old people in order to let them participate in politics. In addition, most rural areas usually face the problem of lack of food. When it occurs, the elderly are full of agricultural knowledge can decide the survival of their land (2012, 35). Indeed, old people have a certain position in the community, but too many elderly can result overflow. In fact, this has already happened in most developed countries. For example, the speed of aging in Japan is the fastest, and 65 or older Japanese account 22% of the total. There will be almost 40% of Japanese are 65 or older when Japanese population will have decreased from 127 million to 87 million by 2060. It is also said that by 2110 the Japanese population can fall to 42.9 million, which is only a third of the current population. As a result, it will seriously affect Japan’s economic and political status in the world (D.M.). Aging population does cause a series of problem to society, although there are still advantages.

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