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<p><b>Population ageing</b> is an overall change in the ages of a <a href="page.php?w=Population_%28human_biology%29">population</a>. This can typically be summarised in a single parameter as an increase in the <a href="page.php?w=median_age">median age</a>. Causes are a long-term decline in <a href="page.php?w=fertility_rates">fertility rates</a> and a decline in <a href="page.php?w=mortality_rate">mortality rate</a>s. Most countries now have declining mortality rates and an ageing population: trends that emerged first in <a href="page.php?w=developed_countries">developed countries</a></p><p>
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