title: [The epidemiology of aging: a further stage in the demographic transition].
abstract: "Social and economic indicators depict Mexico as a country of intermediate development. It is also in intermediate stages of demographic and epidemiologic transitions. When these traits are translated into socio-demographic perspectives, all projections indicate that for the next fifty years we can expect: (i) percentage decreases in child and teen-age populations, (ii) large percentage and absolute increases in adult population, and (iii) important increases in the elderly population.... Among elders death due to infectious diseases is less common than within other sectors of [the] population.  Mortality associated with chronic ailments has increased, with recent and remarkable changes during the last twenty years. This transformation is not evenly distributed. It is more accelerated in developed and urban areas as contrasted with the rural and less developed." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D002423:Cause of Death; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005843:Geography; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D009026:Mortality; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Age Distribution--changes; Age Factors; Americas; Causes Of Death; Demographic Aging; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Mortality; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Latin America; Mexico; Mortality; North America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics
vernacular_title: Epidemiologia del envejecimiento: una fase mas de la transicion demografica.