title: The demographic changes of menopausal and geripausal women in Korea.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Osteoporosis and resultant fracture seems to be the most common skeletal disease, affecting female exclusively. Osteoporosis increases exponentially with menopause and age. Therefore the demographic data seems to be the most important & fundamental for the study of osteoporosis epidemiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was to analyzed population projection from 1960 to 2060. We evaluated the demographic change of female, postmenopausal and elderly geripausal population in South Korea using Korean statistical information service database as basic fundamental data for osteoporosis epidemiology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to population projection, the total female population will be exceeds the total male population since 2015 and maximize up to 2030. In 2030, nearly half of female will become postmenopausal and one fourth of women elderly will be geripausal. Of total female population in 2060, the proportion of postmenopausal women will be increased up to 59.8%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to population projection in South Korea, six of ten women in 2060 will be postmenopausal and seven of ten postmenopausal women geripausal. As expected to increase proportion of elderly women, dramatic rise of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture also expected. Health providers pay more attention to postmenopausal and geripausal women health care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Young
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Wha
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Im
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyoung Moo
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Park
keywords: Demography; Forecasting; Korea; Menopause