Ageing Population
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- Created on: 09-01-20 09:27
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- Ageing Population
- General consensus
- In 1971 the average age in the UK was 34.1 years
- By 2013 it was 40.3 years
- By 2037, projected to reach 42.8 years
- The number aged 65+ equaled the number ofunder 15s for the first time in 2014
- Factor that have cause the ageing population
- 1.) Increasing life expectancy
- 2.) declining infant mortality
- 3.) declining fertility
- Effects of the ageing population
- Public Services
- Older people Consume a larger proportion of services, e.g health + social care than other age groups
- This is particularly true of the 'Old old' (typically defined as 75 or over) as against the 'young old' (65-74)
- However we should beware of over-generalising, since many people remain in relatively good health well into old age
- One person-pensioner households
- Number of pensioners living alone has INCREASED
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- Public Services
- General consensus
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