title: The component structure of elderly population growth in the Netherlands: 1950-1980.
abstract: "While there is no doubt about the magnitude of the growth of older age groups in industrialized nations, its structural components are less well understood.  This paper examines the roles played by cohort succession and mortality in the process for the Netherlands during the period 1950 to 1980.  While the size of the population aged 65 and over has increased for both males and females, increases in the size of succeeding cohorts explain all of the growth in the older male population.  Reductions in mortality at the older old ages play a much greater role than do reductions at younger old ages; the latter reductions occur among females only." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Sly
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Serow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D009026:Mortality; D009426:Netherlands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Cohort Analysis; Demographic Aging; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Differential Mortality; Europe; Mortality; Netherlands; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Research Methodology; Sex Factors; Western Europe