Anti-aging Association (HKAAS) is the leading voluntary health organization in Hong Kong to provide aging care and support to community by conducting relevant researches.
Facts: About global agingWe are aging! Not just as individuals or communities but as a world. In 2006, almost 500 million people worldwide were 65 and older. By 2030, that total is projected to increase to 1 billion, i.e. 1 in every 8 of the earth's inhabitants. Significantly, the most rapid increases in the 65-and-older population are occurring in developing countries, which will see a jump of 140 percent by 2030.
Since the beginning of recorded human history, young children have outnumbered older people. Very soon this will change. For the first time in history, people age 65 and over will outnumber children under age 5 (Figure). This trend is emerging around the globe.
