... 1000Facsimile: 202 477 6391Internet: www.worldbank.orgE-mail: feedback@worldbank.org SOME ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL AGING A Discussion Note for the World Bank Ronald Lee, Andrew Mason and ... change in this share equals the rate of change of a PL, which is the rate of population aging, and the rate of change of a Cy, which is the rate of health cost increase per elder minus the ... profiles for the industrial countries are the average of Japan, the US, Sweden and Finland. Age profiles for the lower income countries are the average for Kenya, India, Indonesia and Philippines....