61.   Countries in the Asia-Pacific region need to start planning how to better integrate growing elderly populations into their societies, delegates to a regional conference have said.

62.   Growing elderly populations in France and other countries have prompted debate over how much advancing medical technology should be used to keep terminal patients alive.

63.   In coming decades, an increase in the elderly population and a decrease in the working-age population are expected to be a major drag on the economy.

64.   It also recognized that the booming elderly population will pose considerable economic challenges to developing countries.

65.   Lowenstein said it is more plausible that it is a function of age, and all three of the South Florida counties have large elderly populations.

66.   Sir Donald said the elderly population was growing as people lived longer.

67.   Squeezed between massive outlays to develop east Germany, subsidies for refugees and care for an increasingly elderly population, the government is running increasingly in the red.

68.   The counties where recounts are under way have large elderly populations, and older voters tend to turn out to vote in higher numbers.

69.   The report also said Mexico has to expand its number of high schools sixfold and boost social services to accommodate a growing elderly population.

70.   In addition to expanding elderly populations, the Fund also cited particularly generous welfare payments and a rising number of beneficiaries.