The organization Older voicewith academic support of the Public Health Institute of the Pontifical Universidad Javerianadeveloped the 60+ welfare index (IB60+), a study that measures the living conditions of the elderly in Colombiawhere the Cesar For the year 2024 He held the position 14 With a 49.92 score between 32 departments of the country and Bogotá as Capital District.
According to the report, the index was built From four fundamental pillars: health and well -being, economic security, friendly and accessible environment, and, finally, demography and structure population, in which Cesar, on a scale of 1 a 100obtained grades higher than those of departments of the Caribbean as Atlantic, which held the position 23with a score of 45,10.
The same way, Magdalenawith 39,40 It was located in 27, Chocó (39,39) position 28; Sucre (38,91), 30 and La Guajira that with a score of 34,27 He held the position 33being the most lagging department in the provision of services for the elderly population.
The report also shows that between 2023 y 2024welfare conditions decreased in 18 departments of the country and improved in 15. In the case of Cesar, these conditions increased in a 7,45 %, Well for him 2023 The department obtained a qualification of 42,84 that left him in the position 28 of the table.
-To the rhythm of aging
According to the report, Colombia It crosses an accelerated process of population aging, Like many countries in the world. Currently, older people represent the 14 % of the Colombian population, that is, a little more than seven million inhabitants. According to Expert estimatesin two decades, one in four people in the country will be over 60 years old.
“This transition demographic requires the design and implementation of public policies to short, medium and long term, that guarantee well -being to the elderly, especially in the fields of health, The economy, the environment and social participation”, The study concludes.
This has also been demonstrated in the statistical information of the Danewhich reveals how in the last years the number of births have been fallingwhich implies that, in the coming years, there will be less and less young and more adult older
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