Aspectos demográficos del envejecimiento

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the demo- graphic aspects of aging. Through documentary analysis, we have studied the demographic variables that characterize aging in different countries and analyzed the  particular  situation of Brazil. Among the demographic variables analyzed, are the demographic transition, birth rate, fecundity, mortality, migration and life expectancy, respectively. This study shows the demographic transition as an important factor that is influencing in developing societies and developed in a different way, but with an undeniable impact, since as a social phenomenon of multiple dimensions determined the socio- demographic transformation,  initially Of European countries and is currently affecting countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and specifically in Brazil. The results of the review point to the presence of a population that is older and with a very low or perhaps even negative growth rate