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Demographic Perspectives on Global Health

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This chapter focuses on the implications of population dynamics on global health. The chapter describes current and future population trends in terms of population size, composition and distribution. It starts by describing demographic changes and their processes as explained by the demographic transition model. Population pyramids by age, sex and education are employed to illustrate various stages of demographic transition in different world regions. The chapter also presents how accounting for education as another source of demographic heterogeneity helps explain future population trends. Finally, the chapter discusses how changing demographic structure, composition and distribution is linked with future global health.

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  1. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Raya Muttarak

  2. Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria

    Raya Muttarak

  3. Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bocconi, Bocconi, Italy

    Simone Ghislandi

  4. DONDENA, Bocconi University, Bocconi, Italy

    Simone Ghislandi

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  1. Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Mario C. B. Raviglione

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwill, Switzerland

    Fabrizio Tediosi

  3. Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Simone Villa

  4. Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Núria Casamitjana

  5. Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Antoni Plasència

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Muttarak, R., Ghislandi, S. (2023). Demographic Perspectives on Global Health. In: Raviglione, M.C.B., Tediosi, F., Villa, S., Casamitjana, N., Plasència, A. (eds) Global Health Essentials. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33851-9_5

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