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Week 2 Ageing and microgravity environments

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This image is of the World with the percentages of the population aged 60 years expected by the year 2050. The individual percentages are indicated with colours. By 2020, it is anticipated that Canada, the UK, Western Europe, Russia and China will reach 30% of their populations aged 60 years or more; the USA and Australia may have populations between 20-24%; parts of Africa and India may have about 10-19% of their populations in this age bracket; remaining parts of Africa may have populations between 0-9%.