title: Projecting Australia's aged population:  problems and implications.
abstract: Issues concerning the projection of Australia's population aged 60 years and over are examined.  "The aims of this paper are to examine the extent to which projections made during the 1970s underestimated the growth of the aged population and, more particularly, to establish precisely what the demographic components of that under-projection were.  Some of the implications of this analysis for planning provision of services for the aged are then explored."
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hugo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005544:Forecasting; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012939:Social Planning; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Adult; Age Distribution; Age Factors; Aged; Australia; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Aging; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Error Sources; Estimation Technics; Evaluation; Health; Health Services; Measurement; Oceania; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Projection; Reliability; Research Methodology; Social Planning