UN: By 2050, more pensioners than children

Number of elderly growing faster
than the general population, while
will increase the number of patients
from dementia. UN warns
States need to change the system
health and retirement. Number of centenarians by 316,000
As today will increase until
2050 to three million, has proved
United Nations study
"Aging in the 21st century."
Also, pensioners will exceed the number children. Thus the number of
people older than 60 years in
The next 40 years will exceed
number of children younger than 15 years.
It is estimated that in 10 years the world will
have a billion older persons, which is about 200 million
more than today, writes "Daily Mail".
More than 80 percent of
elderly will live in countries
development, and will increase the number
of patients with dementia. It is estimated that in 2010
was 35.6 million while ill
by 2050 the number will rise
up to 115, 4 million people.
"Ageing of the population can not
ignore. The percentage of the elderly grows faster than
general population, which would
means that states must change
their health system and
retirement and to adjust
needs ", - said the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon.
This leads to changes in the plan
economic and social development, while
developing countries need to adapt
even more rapidly as the number of
elderly people is growing steadily. Sick people
dementia need better care,
and only in 2010 it has
cost almost 491 billion euros,
says the study.