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2024-11-04 16:40
Elderly population to rise by 20% in 3 decades
TEHRAN – The number of women and men aged above 60 currently constitute about ten percent of the country's population, but the figure is estimated to grow to approximately thirty percent over the next three decades, the deputy health minister has said.
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2022-10-03 17:55
Relief foundation supports 1.5m elderly
TEHRAN – The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has covered 1.5 million financially-struggling elderly in the country, the deputy head of the Foundation has announced.
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2022-04-20 19:00
National Document for the Elderly to take effect next year
TEHRAN – The National Document for the Elderly will come into force in the next [Iranian calendar] year (March 2023-March 2024), Hesamoddin Allameh, head of the secretariat of the National Council of the Elderly, has announced.
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2021-12-08 22:00
Elderly population in Iran snowballing
TEHRAN – The elderly population in Iran is increasing rapidly as there were 7.46 million senior citizens in the [Iranian calendar] year 1395 (March 2015-March 2016), which has now reached 8.4 million.
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2021-10-25 17:40
Demographic indicators at ‘alarming’ levels
TEHRAN – Iran's demographic indicators demonstrate alarming records, as the population growth rate is about 0.6 percent, and it is predicted to reach zero in the next 10-15 years, and then record a negative growth rate, Saleh Ghasemi, a demographic researcher, has said.
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2021-10-01 18:15
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Take the crisis seriously: Iran's elderly population to triple in 50 years
TEHRAN – Over the last 5 decades, the elderly’s population has increased from about 5 to 10 percent, and it is predicted that this rate will triple in the next 50 years so that it is vital to take the aging phenomenon seriously.