Estimates of the very old (including centenarians), UK: 2002 to 2015

Summary

People in the oldest age groups in the UK (90 to 104 and 105 and over) by sex and age, and comparisons of the populations in the 4 constituent countries of the UK.

Publications

• Estimates of the very old, including centenarians, UK: 2002 to 2015

  Annual mid-year population estimates for people aged 90 years and over by sex and single year of age (90 to 104) and 105 years and over, and comparisons between UK countries.

• The impact of the First World War on the 90 and over population of the UK: 2015

  The impact of birth patterns around the time of the First World War and the influence of the Spanish 'flu' pandemic that followed on the size and make up of today's population aged 90 and over.

Data

• Mid-year population estimates of the very old, including centenarians: UK

  Annual mid-year population estimates of those aged 90 years and over by sex, broken down by single year of age (90 to 104 years) and the 105 years and over age group.

• Mid-year population estimates of the very old, including centenarians: Wales

  Annual mid-year population estimates of those aged 90 years and over by sex, broken down by single year of age (90 to 104 years) and the 105 years and over age group.

• Mid-year population estimates of the very old, including centenarians: England

  Annual mid-year population estimates of those aged 90 years and over by sex, broken down by single year of age (90 to 104 years) and the 105 years and over age group.

Methodology

• Calculating population estimates of the very old

• Research on accuracy of high age estimates – update

• Comparing methods of producing estimates of those aged 90 and over by single year of age and sex, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UK

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