SOC101Y
Introduction to Sociology
Professor Robert Brym
Lecture #16
Health, Disability & Aging
24 Feb 2010

Year

20
25

20
11

20
01

19
97

19
91

19
71

19
51

19
31

19
11

18
91

18
71

18
51

Percent

Population 65+, Canada, 1851-2050

25

20

15

10

5

0

Canadian Age-Sex Pyramid,
1956-2056

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“A Very Short One”
Jeanne Louise Calment
died in 1997 at the age
of 122. An interviewer
asked her in 1995 what
sort of future she expects.
“A very short one,” she
replied.

Life Expectancy, Selected
Countries and Years

India 2006
Europe 1600

Canada
2050
Japan 2006

...

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