And with the growing population of aging baby boomers, the number of people with disabilities in the United States is expected to increase.
"We're also the oldest city in Italy demographically, with an aging population and one of the lowest birth rates in the country, " Mr. Fantinel says.
"With the aging of our population, the pension and annuity market will have to be opened up, " says Jason Tuan of Peregrine Securities Taiwan.
How you address the aging population with all of the chronic conditions and how we disrupt the delivery of care as it currently exists today.
The president acknowledges that the programs are in dire need of reform, and he's hoping that economic growth will partially offset the costs associated with an aging population.
However, with nominal growth slowing, the global population aging and developed economy governments reluctant to issue large amounts of debt this dynamic will affect larger and more traditionally stable asset markets.
Mr. Ryan felt the budget pressures on these programs were so extreme with the rising costs of health care and the aging U.S. population that fundamental changes were necessary in order to preserve their solvency and effectiveness.
Diabetes prevalence increases with age, so the aging baby boomer population is attributing to rising costs.
Now keep in mind that the US is not the only country with a rapidly aging population.
In the case of Japan, the country is confronted with an aging population, which will lead to greater spending of those savings.
The Kremlin has tried to boost population growth, fearing that fewer births in an aging population will sap the economy, especially with a pension age of 55.
Taiwan's population is aging quickly, with the number of people over 65 accounting for 10.9% of the island's total population as of 2011.
This disappearance of people with an E-4 gene from the aging population is a "remarkable finding, " say the University of Helsinki scientists who did the study.
WSJ: A Gene Gives a Hint Of How Long a Person Might Hope to Live
One report he mentions forecasts that the U.S., with its aging population, will need 60, 000 more primary care physicians than it is expected to have in 2015.
With the leading edge of the 78 million baby boomers now in their early 60s, America's aging population underpins the bullish future of health care as a sector.
With its rapidly aging population and low birthrate, Japan is the world's largest market for life insurance.
The U.S. has an aging population with good health insurance and discretionary income to spend on health care.
FORBES: ObamaCare's in Trouble, So Out Come the Talking Heads
This has been one of the policy stalemates that historically have plagued Japan along with its aging population.
Changing demographics (more older women in the workforce, an aging population) mean more workers with eldercare responsibilities than ever before.
FORBES: Sex Discrimination, Age Discrimination, Family Responsibilities Discrimination?
Moreover, as a result of China's efforts to move up the value chain in manufacturing so as to cope with its aging population, lower-cost manufacturing is migrating from China's coastal areas inland but also to countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
"If we want to keep people in their vehicles, it's key we integrate systems to support them, " says Bryan Reimer, a researcher with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab, which focuses on innovations for an aging population.
WSJ: Designing a Car That Takes Your Pulse, Senses If You're Ill
But with an aging population and rising health care costs, we are spending too fast to sustain the program.
WHITEHOUSE: Address by the President to a Joint Session of Congress
Given Japan's fascination with gadgets, perhaps it's no surprise that the country is turning to technology for help with one of its most vexing problems: an aging population.
应用推荐