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80 at eighty
— an ILC-UK factpack | | Corporate Author | International Longevity Centre UK - ILC-UK |
| Publisher | International Longevity Centre UK - ILC-UK, London, 2015 |
| Pages | 22 pp |
| Source | ILC-UK, 11 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QB. www.ilcuk.org.uk |
| Keywords | Octogenarians ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Demography ; Statistics [data]. |
| Annotation | Inspired by ILC-UK Chief Executive and founder, Baroness Sally Greengross, who became 80 on 29th June 2015, this factpack gives 80 facts about reaching 80. Internationally, the number of people aged 80 plus has increased from 15 million in 1950 to 110 million in 2011. By 2050 the number aged over 80 is estimated to reach 400 million. In England, many 80-year-olds remain very active; over 16,000 people aged 80+ are still in paid employment; people aged 80+ may be more satisfied with their sex lives; and 21% of women and more than half (55%) of men aged 80+ are married or in a civil partnership. As regards their health, around 16% of those aged 80-84 have already survived a heart attack; 49% of women and 38% of men aged 80+ are often troubled with physical pain; 50.8% of men and 56.7% of women aged 80 and over report having a limiting long standing illness; and over one in ten of those aged 80-84 have some form of dementia. (NH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-151022218 B |
| Classmark | BBM: F: S8: 6C |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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