Did you know that the 2018/19 Continuous Household survey shows that participation in sports decreases with age? However, since 2011/12, participation rates for adults aged 65 and over have steadily increased from 22% reaching a peak of 29% in 2018/19. For more information, see the Experience of sport in Northern Ireland 2018 to 2019 report […]
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Did you know that the 2017/18 Northern Ireland Health Survey found that 13% of people surveyed had caring responsibilities for someone sick, disabled or elderly? This included 17% of those aged 55-64 years, 14-5 of those aged 65-74 years, and 8% of those aged 75 years or over. In May 2019, almost one third of […]
This seminar will focus on the work of Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) which was set up to discover new ways to understand, diagnose, and treat dementia. DPUK brings together the information of over 3 million people from 47 long-term studies of health. Sarah Bauermeister will highlight the opportunities of the DPUK Data Portal for researchers […]
Did you know that in May 2019, there 301,560 claimants of State Pension in Northern Ireland, which is a fall of 0.6% (1,890 people) from the previous year. 54% of claimants were women, and 46% were men. More information is available in the Northern Ireland Benefits Statistics Summary, published in May 2019 by the Department […]
Did you know that 53% of adults aged 65 or over taking part in the 2017 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey felt respected, compared with 24% of 18-24 year olds? These figures are based on the Everyday Discrimination Scale. More information is available in Statatistical Bulletin Indicator 26 A Respect Index for Northern Ireland […]
Dr Alexandra Chapman graduated from Ulster University on 3 July 2019 – many congratulations!
The ARK Ageing team is very proud of Dr Elizabeth Martin – our first graduate. Elizabeth graduated from Queen’s University on 29 June 2019.
Did you know that between mid-1988 to mid-2018 the median age (the age at which half the population is older and half is younger) of the Northern Ireland population has increased from 30.4 to 38.7? For more information, see the 2018 Mid-year Population Estimates for Northern Ireland, which is available from Northern ireland Statistics and […]
Did you know that one third (34%) of people taking part in the 2017 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey thought that older people are, on the whole, treated better or worse than people in the general population in this country because of their age. This figure is highest amoung people aged 45-54 years (43%), […]
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Did you know that in 2016-18, life expectancy in Northern Ireland was 78.7 years for males and 82.4 years for females, which was similar to 2015-17 figures. In 2016-18, male healthy life expectancy was 59.7 years, while female healthy life expectancy was 60.8 years. For more information, see Life expectancy in Northern Ireland 2016-18 on […]
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