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Materials from the Foresight 'Future of an ageing population' project, which analysed the challenges and opportunities of an ageing society.
Foresight report looking at the challenges and opportunities of an ageing society.
Overview of the characteristics of the population aged 65 years and over in 2021 including legal partnership status, living arrangements , ethnicity, religion, health, disability and caring status, and main changes since 2011.
Why does population ageing matter and what do the Census 2021 data tell us? This article was compiled in partnership with Age UK, the Centre for Ageing Better and the International Longevity Centre UK.
A summary of the oral health surveys of older people in England and Wales to date.
Geographical maps and source data showing characteristics associated with the ageing of the UK population.
Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.
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