The Looooooong life…

A study about LIFE EXPECTANCY and the possibilities it creates…

Prof. Ernesto Correa – Geography Sala - Colegio Seminario

Lento magazine

• Date of Publishing: July 2016 – Montevideo, UY

• Author: Ignacio Pardo

• Illustrations: Gabriela Sánchez

CEPAL - WB

“Cambio demográfico y desafíos económicos y sociales en el Uruguay del siglo XXI”.

“Ageing population is NOT a bad thing,

ageing population is NOT a bad thing, ageing population is NOT a bad thing”

Poor choice of words…

NEGATIVE side of ageing societies…

• Decadence• Disease• Proximity / Closeness to death

Why does this happen?

More people are able to live longer and control their health and fertility.

Migration trends also affect this issue.

EMIGRATION IMMIGRATION Negatively Favourably

As Life Expectancy changes…

- People´s attitudes towards life also change…

- “Youth” as a stage challenges its previous barriers…

- People live longer and better…

Modern demographic dynamics imply a more subtle and logical equilibrium between fertility and survival

The objective:

- To democratize the experience of being elder

POSITIVE side of ageing society…

- Economic dimension

- Social dimension

- Political and cultural dimension