Ageing

This is the part of a series of short articles examining the well-being of older people. It provides an analysis of reported feelings of loneliness by older people using data from Wave 5 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). More information about the Measuring National Well-being Programme and the measures of well-being can be found in the ‘National Well-being Wheel of measures’ .

Interim life tables, which are produced annually for the UK and its constituent countries, give statistics on period life expectancy by age and sex.

Information on the selected domains and indicators that measure National Well-being. Articles draw together social and economic data from a wide range of government departments and other organisations

This is the first in a series of short articles examining the well-being of older people aged 50 and over using measures related to the Measuring National Well-being Programme. The Office for National Statistics measures of well-being are organised into ten domains with each domain having between three and five separate indicators. More information about all the measures can be found in the ‘National Well-being wheel of measures’.

Estimates of the Very Old (including centenarians) for England and Wales provide annual mid year estimates by sex and single year of age for persons aged 90 to 104 and for the 105 and over age-group for England and Wales as a whole. Estimates for 2002 to 2010 take into account the revisions made to the mid-year population estimates (MYE) for 2002 to 2010, following the 2011 Census. These estimates were previously known as Estimates of the Very Elderly (including centenarians).

These data tables underlie the ‘Ageing in the UK’ interactive mapping tool. Using the tool helps bring these data alive, allowing you to analyse the age structure of the population at the local area level more easily. You can see how the population has aged over time and is projected to continue to age by selecting from a list of indicators of population ageing, such as median age, and animating the map. It is also possible to export jpegs of the maps you produce.

This article is published as part of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Measuring National Well-being Programme and discusses the well-being of children. The Programme aims to produce accepted and trusted measures of the well-being of the nation - how the UK as a whole is doing. The Programme is also publishing more in depth analyses.

Summary of proposed domains and measures of national well-being

This is a short story looking at older workers in the labour market.

This report analyses data taken from the lx and qx tables in this release. It discuses the chances of surviving to age 100, the projected numbers of people surviving to age 100 using the principal, high and low variants and projections of future numbers of centenarians.

Short animated video showing the key messagesfrom the report on population ageing across the UK and the EU

Following the publication of the period and cohort life expectancy tables ONS prepares databases for the UK and each of the constituent countries containing mortality data used in the calculation of historic and projected life tables. Published for the first time in this release are tables of historic and projected qx (probability of dying at each age) and lx values (numbers of people surviving at each age) for the UK, on a period and cohort basis for each year 1951 to 2060.

This short video summarises the key statistics from the Pension Trends releases on 16 February 2012

Access to all chapters of Pension Trends is available here: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/our-statistics/publications/pension-trends/index.html

This summary provides an update of mortality within the UK and it's constituent countries over the last 30 years. It describes current and past age-standardised mortality rates, along with the percentage distributions of all deaths by age in the UK.

A summary of the trends in age-standardised mortality rates in the UK and constituent countries, 1980 to 2010.

Estimates of the those aged 90 and over (including centenarians) by gender, single year of age (90-104) and by age groups (90-99), 100+ and 105+) for the UK, England and Wales (as a whole), Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Pension Trends provides a statistical backdrop for the debate on pensions. It looks at changes in pension provision over time in the context of social and economic developments and changes in the policy environment.

A brief guide to what is a period life expectancy figure and a cohort life expectancy figure

Besides those involved in the production and quality assurance of these statistics, the persons included in this list were given pre-release access for the period indicated before release.

Contains statistics on the UK's economy, industry, society and demography presented in easy to read tables and backed up with explanatory notes and definitions. It covers, among others, the following areas: Population

Product description

Mid-2002 to mid-2010 estimates of the population aged 90 and over (including centenarians) for the United Kingdom. These estimates are published annually

Pre-release access list, Estimates of the very Elderly 2010

Interim life tables give statistics on period life expectancy by age and sex. Each interim life table is based on population estimates, births and deaths for a period of three consecutive years.