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Addictions among Indian Elderly Population: A Matter of Concern

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  • Harshal Tukaram Pandve

    (Department of Community Medicine, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, India)

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The world’s older population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Today, 8.5 percent of people worldwide (617 million) are aged 65 and over. According to a new report, “An Aging World: 2015,†this percentage is projected to jump to nearly 17 percent of the world’s population by 2050 (1.6 billion) [1]. According to Population Census 2011 of India, there are nearly 104 million elderly persons (aged 60 years or above) in India; 53 million females and 51 million male.

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  • Harshal Tukaram Pandve, 2017. "Addictions among Indian Elderly Population: A Matter of Concern," Global Journal of Addiction & Rehabilitation Medicine, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 2(5), pages 67-68, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjarm:v:2:y:2017:i:5:p:67-68
    DOI: 10.19080/GJARM.2017.02.555596
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    1. Ministry of Statistics and Prog Implementation (MOSPI), 2016. "Elderly in India," Working Papers id:10596, eSocialSciences.
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