These changes mainly reflect the growing number of elderly population, as the population gentrifies.

Large numbers of the elderly live alone, especially women who have longer life expectancy and make up 58 per cent of the elderly population.

The elderly population faces specific health problems mostly connected with age, but also with their socio economic situation.

Destitute groups of the population include the elderly, pensioners by and large, whose pensions cannot satisfy basic living needs.

All population groups are exposed to environmental risk factors, but particularly children, pregnant women, chronic patients and the elderly.

Europe needs working age people to reduce the burden of a burgeoning elderly population, so relaxing immigration restrictions could help.

Groups under the poverty line are most often children, persons with a low education level, the elderly and the rural population.

The primary victims of these measures are the most vulnerable groups of the population children, women, the elderly and disabled persons.

It is necessary to improve the health protection of the elderly population by providing primary health protection, home nursing through family medicine departments, rehabilitation and medical care for this population group.

The previous expected accomplishment referring to protection needs of refugee women, children and the elderly now refers to protection needs of refugee women and children it has left aside the elderly an increasing population without an accomplishment target.

The previous expected accomplishment referring to protection needs of refugee women, children and the elderly now refers to protection needs of refugee women and children it has left aside the elderly an increasing population without an accomplishment target.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly also passed the Ordinance on the Elderly (in 2000) and the Ordinance on Population (in 2003).

Those groups use innocent children, women and elderly people as human shields, which leads to heavy losses among those segments of the population.

The elderly

The country s rural and elderly population like those in other former Soviet countries appears to prize economic stability and social order over democratic development.

This Conference was a manifestation of the State of Qatar's ongoing concern for its elderly population, which occupies a privileged position in Qatari society.

The EU s first 50 years were characterized by a growing population and a high proportion of working age people relative to children and the elderly.

The elderly would thus account for a far greater share of China s population than in other large emerging economies, such as Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Mexico.

Other severely affected population groups include women, the elderly and people living in small island developing states and other coastal regions, mega cities or mountainous areas.

In other words, one in a thousand voted for them, although they claimed to speak for that state s retired and elderly people over 30 of the population.

It is necessary to promote the health protection of the elderly population through primary health protection, as a part of family medicine, and to ensure the programme of home treatment, rehabilitation and medical care provided to this population.

Elderly people (65 ) comprise 10 of the population as of 2004 (only 3 among the Arab sector) and are expected to rise to 12 in the year 2020.

However, over the long run, the demographic bonus dissipates as the population continues to age and the dependency ratio rises again because of increasing proportions of elderly persons.

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The elderly and disabled persons

Elderly, in accordance with the law.

We slaughter children, women and the elderly.

Because of the higher average fertility of these countries, the proportion of children in their population stands at 35 per cent, whereas the proportion of elderly amounts to just 3 per cent.

An elderly woman pouring hot tea for protesters.

The Daycare Centres for the Elderly are operationally connected to Centres of Open Protection of the Elderly, which may operate in the same area.

The development of a culture of friendship with the elderly and encouragement of intimate human relations between young people and children and elderly persons

As fertility declines, the proportion of the population comprising children (persons under age 15) also declines, whereas the proportion of the population of working age increases, resulting in a decreasing dependency ratio (defined as the average number of children and elderly persons per 10 persons of working age).

Social Security has helped reduce poverty among the elderly.

Another social group which required attention was the elderly.

Budget limitation appeals not just to the old, but is especially attractive to young people, who worry that they will be made to pay the costs of caring for an increasingly elderly and dependent population.

This theme was the subject of a discussion of social policy on the elderly, social insurance laws and their role in providing care for elderly persons.

It includes affirmative action provisions for the elderly, such as the requirement to set aside 3 of the units in government housing programs be for the elderly.

Moreover, with the number of elderly growing as a result of rising life expectancy, this low birth rate has pushed the share of those aged 65 and above from 4.9 of the total population to 7.7 .

This will happen at a time when the country s skewed demographics causes the workforce to shrink and the flow of migration from rural areas to cities to slow (the rural population now disproportionately comprises the elderly).

By 2030, China will have more elderly dependents than children.

Two elderly Moroccan women tie their scarves under their chins

Elderly man checks the headlines in Tel Aviv, Israel 2005.

The number of elderly Koreans remarrying has doubled since 1995.

Protection of children, the elderly and the disabled from exploitation

They did not spare even children, women or the elderly.