Chapter 1: The Older Population in the United StatesBaby Boomers (79 million): the cohort or group of people born between 1946 and 1964 - of aphenomenon sometimes also referred to as the “senior boom”This generation was born and spent their youth in an affluent, economically booming era.They are more highly educated, are healthier, have a higher percent of women in the labor force,are more likely to hold professional and managerial jobs, and are more diverse than priorcohorts.Demographics: the characteristics of our population, such as its size, distribution of the very old and thevery young, and geographic location.Demographic Trends: describe the changes in such characteristics over timePopulation Aging: the sheer increase in the size of the population age 65 and older and a gain in theaverage age of a population.result of declines in birthrates and death rates, and differs from the individual aging processofalling birthrates; when children are a smaller percent in the population, the average ageof the population increases.Individual Aging Process: the physiological, psychological, and social changes of agingLife Expectancy: the average length of time one could expect to live if one were born in a particular yearand if death rates were to remain constant
