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Population structure in Alberta

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Presents a population pyramid for Alberta comparing the current 2014 age-sex structure with the projected age-sex structure in 2044.

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The effect of population age structure on direct health care system cost in 2020 and 2030

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The population age structure in Alberta (the number of Albertans at each age) is expected to change by 2020 and 2030, especially for those 60 and older, whose proportion of the population is... More ≫

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The population age structure in Alberta (the number of Albertans at each age) is expected to change by 2020 and 2030, especially for those 60 and older, whose proportion of the population is expected to increase from 16 per cent in 2010 to 20 per cent by 2020 and 22 per cent by 2030. The purpose of this Public Health Surveillance Bulletin is to estimate the effect of population age structure on the direct health care system cost in 2020 and 2030.

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The effect of population age structure on direct health care system cost

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Discusses the financial costs that the health care system may be expected to incur between 2015 and 2030 as a result of an aging population in the province.

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