The USA bureau was the first to sound C __________. Its latest forecasts warn governments and international bodies that this change in population structure will bring widespread challenges at every level of human organization, starting with the structure of the family, which will be transformed as people live longer.

• alarm about these changes
• which recently replaced Italy as the world’s oldest major country
• a huge shift towards an ageing population
• change is due to
• while patterns of work and retirement will have huge implications
• which shows the balance between working-age people and the older
• as proportions of older people increase in most countries