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Tag Archives: Oldest Old Age
Patterns Indicative of the Elastic Limits to Human Life-Span? (NHS Choices / Science)
Summary Italian research into longevity indicates that death rates tend to increase up to age 80, then decrease and actually level-off after the age of 105 years. This implies that the biological (absolute) limits to longevity may not yet have … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Bazian, Behind the Headlines, Demography, Denmark, Department of Demography: University of California, Department of Political Sciences: University of Roma Tre, Department of Public Health: University of Southern Denmark, Department of Statistical Sciences: Sapienza University of Rome, Duke University Population Research Institute, Extreme-Age Mortality Plateau, Germany, Healthy Ageing, Human Longevity, Interdisciplinary Center for Research and Education on Population Change: University of Southern Denmark, Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), Italy, Life Expectancy, Lifespan, Longevity, Longevity Pioneers, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Mortality Statistics, National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute on Aging (US), Natural Limit to Human Lifespan (Hypothetical), Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age, Sapienza University of Rome, Science Journal, United States, University of California, University of Roma Tre, University of Southern Denmark, US National Institute on Aging, USA
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UK’s Oldest Woman Dies (BBC News)
Summary The UK’s oldest woman and former concert pianist, Gladys Hooper, aged 113, passed away at Highfield Nursing Home in Ryde (the Isle of Wight) today. It is understood that the new oldest person in Britain is now Bessie Camm, … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, In the News, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, BBC Health News, BBC News Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Bessie Camm: UK’s Oldest Woman, Centenarians, Centenarians in the UK, Centenarians in the UK (Brief Statistics), Emma Morano (Italy): Oldest Living Person in World, Gerontology Research Group, Gerontology Research Group: Oldest In Britain, Gladys Hooper: Former UK’s Oldest Woman, GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List, GRG: Gerontology Research Group, Highfield Nursing Home (Ryde: Isle of Wight), Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age, Oldest Old in the United Kingdom, Rotherham, Supercentenarians, Supercentenarians (By Nation), UK’s Oldest Woman
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Relentless Increase in Numbers of Older Carers (BBC News / Age UK / Department of Health)
Summary The number of people aged 80 or older who are relied on to act as unpaid carers has increased by roughly 40% in the past seven years. An ageing population, combined with a shortage of state / local authority … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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UK’s Oldest Woman (BBC News)
Summary The UK’s oldest woman, Gladys Hooper, celebrated her 113th birthday recently. Full Text Link Reference UK’s oldest person Gladys Hooper turns 113. London: BBC Health News / BBC News Hampshire & Isle of Wight, January 18th 2016. Recent and … Continue reading
Updated Official Statistics on Ageing in the UK (BBC News / ONS)
Summary Official statistics show that there were 840 people aged 90 and over per 100,000 in England and Wales in 2013; which is was slightly higher than in Scotland (707 per 100,000) and Northern Ireland (620 per 100,000). There has … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Northern Ireland, Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged (KT) Kannisto-Thatcher Method, 90 and Over Population in the UK: By Single Year of Age, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Aubrey de Grey (Gerontologist), Australian Bureau of Statistics, BBC Health News, Centenarians, Centenarians By Sex (UK), Centenarians in the UK, Central Statistics Office Ireland, Cross-Country Comparisons, Czech Statistical Office, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Demography of Centenarians in England and Wales, Eastern European Countries, England and Wales, Estimates of the Very Old, Estimates of the Very Old (including Centenarians), Federal Statistics Office Germany, Female Life Expectancy, Female to Male Sex Ratios in Ageing, Human Longevity, International Comparisons, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Longevity, Male Life Expectancy, Mid Year Estimates (MYE), National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies-France, National Institute of Statistics Italy, National Life Tables, National Population Projections, National Records of Scotland, National Statistics Institute of Bulgaria, National Statistics Institute of Spain, Northern Ireland Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Office for Budget Responsibility, Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Official Statistics, Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age, Oldest Old in the United Kingdom, Oldest Old: the 85+ Age Group, Social Demographics, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Statistics Bureau of Japan, Statistics Canada, Statistics Denmark, Statistics Finland, Statistics Iceland, Statistics New Zealand, Statistics Norway, Statistics Sweden, UK Country Comparisons, United Nations, United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division), US Census Bureau, Very Old People
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