Custom Sensor Assemblies for Medical Device OEMs

How to summarize the key issues facing global healthcare? There are multiple vectors that interact simultaneously. And while there may be general agreement about the direction of those vectors, expert opinions about their magnitude and speed of change vary, both at global and regional levels.

As a first vector, let’s begin with the size of the global population. Although the growth rate is decelerating, total population continues to increase. Estimated in 2022 by the UN at 7.9 billion, estimates suggest figures of 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050, to reach a peak of approximately 11.2 billion somewhere around 2080.

A second vector is the health of the population and causes of death. Thanks to the progress made since 1800 in combating communicable diseases, nutrition and infant mortality, life expectancy has increased. It continues to do so – and this has two impacts. Firstly, the proportion of people aged over 65 will increase (from 9% in 2019 to about 16% in 2050). Secondly, the major causes of death are increasingly non-communicable diseases.