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CECIL
TEXT BOOK of MEDICINE

Section IV Aging and Geriatric Medicine


21 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AGING: IMPLICATIONS OF THE AGING OF SOCIETY
 DEMOGRAPHIC REVOLUTION: TRANSITION TO AN AGING SOCIETY
 HEALTH OF OLDER ADULTS
   Changes in Health Status of Older Adults
   Multiple Causes of Death in Older Adults
   Disease Frequencies Rise with Increasing Age
   Onset of Geriatric Conditions
   Why Geriatric Patients Are Different
 FUTURE DIRECTIONS