Traffic
Accident Deaths Down During Semana Santa
88 Drunk
Drivers Behind Bars This Semana Santa
More Than 900 Costa
Ricans Today Over The Age of 100
Report Faults
Costa Rica’s Treatment of Migrants
More Than 900
Costa Ricans Today Over The Age of 100
From only 231 in 2000 to 931 this year are
the number of Costa Ricans over the age of
100, according to the demographics report by
the Centro Centroamericano de Población (CCP).
The report indicates a tremendous growth in
those aged over 100 since the CCP began
keeping track of the Centenarians in Costa
Rica.
And if the growth continues at the same
rate, the CCP estimates that there will be
some 8.000 Centenarians by the year 2050.
One reason for the increase in the number of
Centenarians is associated with life
expectancy at birth. A Tico a born today can
expect to live 77 years, if male, and 82
years, if female.
In addition, 68% of those reaching the age
fo 65 today, are expected to live well into
their 80's. Just 40 years ago, only 49% of
Costa Ricans who celebrated their 65th
birthday could aspire to reach 80.
According to the Primer Informe sobre el
Estado de Situación de la Persona Adulta
Mayor (2008) report, the population of older
adults is in an accelerated growth.
The report indicates that the population of
65 years of age or more could double in the
next 15 years, the largest growth being in
those over the age of 80, the group that
will required more social services for which
the country is ill prepared to handle.
The demographer and director of the CCP,
Luis Rosero Bixby, considers it vital that
the country should take measures providing
for these changes.
According to the director of the Hospital de
Geriatría y Gerontología Dr. Raúl Blanco
Cervantes, Dr. Fernando Morales Martínez
warns categorically that Costa Rica has made
little progress in this area.
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