Ageing - Fastest increase in the ‘oldest old’
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Office for National StatisticsDate published:
23 September, 2009Region:
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The population of the UK is ageing. Over the last 25 years the percentage of the population aged 65 and over increased from 15 per cent in 1983 to 16 per cent in 2008, an increase of 1.5 million people in this age group.
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