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Definition:. Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle “Senior citizens” shall refer to any person who is at least sixty (60) years of age.

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  1. Definition: • Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle • “Senior citizens” shall refer to any person who is at least sixty (60) years of age

  2. every 1st week of October is declared Elderly Filipino Week Celebration under Proclamation No. 470 dated September 26, 1994

  3. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA: • Life Expectancy at Birth • Male 64 • Female - 70 • Both Sexes – 67 Source: Philippine Health Statistics Update 2005 Last Update: July 1, 2009

  4. Table A. Population Distribution of Senior Citizens by Region: Philippines, 2000 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population & Housing

  5. Senior citizens numbered to 4.6 million • The total number of senior citizens (60 years old and over) based on the 2000 Census of Population and Housing was 4.6 million, accounting for 5.97 percent of the 2000 Philippine population • The largest percentage of senior citizens was found in Southern Tagalog (Region IV) with a 14.2 percent contribution to the total while the lowest percentage was registered in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with 1.68 percent.

  6. Sex ratio was recorded at 85 males for every 100 females • Of the 4.6 million senior citizens, about 54.11 percent (2.5 million) were females while the rest were males (85:100)

  7. Five percent were academic degree holders • Three in five senior citizens reached at most elementary and 15.69 percent at most high school. About 4.85 percent were college undergraduates and only five percent were able to finish a degree • Those who had not completed any grade made up of 10.15 percent, of which more than half (59.48 percent) were females

  8. More than half of senior citizens were household heads • More than half of the household population 60 years old and over (57.41 percent) were household heads and nearly one-fourth were spouses of the household heads. Of the total number of households in the Philippines (15.3 million), 17.13 percent (2.6 million households) were headed by senior citizens • Headship rate among males and females was highest at ages 60 to 64 years (39.41 percent for male-headed households and 29.69 percent for females)

  9. Number of Senior Citizens Living Alone by Five-year Age Group and Sex: Philippines, 2000 Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population & Housing

  10. Three in every five senior citizens who were living alone were females • About 5.38 percent of the senior citizens were living alone, most of them were aged 60 to 64 years and majority were females (64.54 percent)

  11. Source: NSO, 2000 Census of Population & Housing

  12. Of the household population 60 years old and over, 60.38 percent were married and 30.02 percent were widowed. A relatively small proportion were reported single (5.03 percent). Another 1.17 percent were divorced/separated and 2.76 percent were with other marital arrangements

  13. There was a higher proportion of males among married senior citizens (57.82 percent) and among those with other marital arrangements (62.08 percent). On the other hand, females dominated the single (70.99 percent), widowed (76.49 percent), and divorced/separated groups (57.26 percent).

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