Seniors

• [New] The United Nations has proclaimed 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing, with WHO leading international action to improve the lives of older people, their families and communities.
• [New] The number of Americans over the age of 65 is projected to rise from 46 million to 98 million but 2060 meaning that over 6 million individuals will develop dementia and an estimated 19 million will meet MCI criteria.
• [New] As the population of America ages, nursing homes will house more people than ever in the coming years.
• [New] Clinical trials for children as young as 12 has already begun with the Pfizer vaccine and trials for children between ages 12 and 17 are anticipated with the Moderna vaccine in early 2021.
• [New] Mercedes-Benz AG's own plants, including the global battery production network, will be CO2-neutral worldwide from 2022, making them role models for the supplier network.
• [New] The New York State Common Retirement Fund pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its investments by 2040, a decade before any other U.S. pension plan, and may divest from the riskiest oil and gas companies by 2025.
• [New] Africa's workforce is projected to be the largest in the world in the coming decades, with hundreds of millions of people below the age of 25 starting to look for work.
• The need for orthopedic services is projected to increase in the coming years, with all baby boomers projected to be age 65 or older by 2030.
• The aging population in the U.S. means that more Medicare patients will require spine care in the coming years, with the case mix continuing to shift away from commercial payers.
• Africa's working age population is expected to reach 600 million in 2030, with a youth share of 37 percent-bigger than that in China.
• The plants of Mercedes-Benz AG, including the global battery production network, will already produce on a CO 2 - neutral basis around the world starting 2022.
• Africa is set to see a larger working-age population than either China or India by 2034.
• The median age of 40 now projected for Australia in 2031, is around a year older than the pre-COVID - 19 estimate of 39.
• The $226.4 billion public plan from the New York Pension Plan, the third-largest in the U.S., said it will finish reviewing all its fossil-fuel holdings and related businesses within four years.
• With 40 million vehicles on the road at an average age of 8.3 years, it flags up a concern that the emissions from the UK's huge legacy fleet will need to be addressed in order to achieve net zero by 2050.
• In 30 years, Africa's health systems will come under pressure as they need to respond to needs of an ageing population and other segments of society.
• About 60% of Africa's population is under age 25, and analysts project that one-third of the world's youth will be concentrated in Africa by 2050.
• About 375 million people will reach working age over the next 15 years - a population that's the combined size of the U.S. and Canada's today.
• With growing health concerns and an ageing population in some parts of the world, EU whey exports for food should continue growing by 2030.
• By 2035, the 65+ age group is expected to be larger than the population under age 18.
• The average age of a welder in the United States today is about 55 years old, with fewer than 20% under the age of 35, and is slated to run into a deficit of 400,000 welders by 2024.
• China's refineries headed for #1: America has been the world's top refiner since the start of the oil age in the mid-nineteenth century, but China will dethrone the US as early as 2021.
• By 2065, Malaysia will be a super-aged society, with over 20% of its population above the age of 65.

Last updated: 13 January 2021