Did you know that in 2014/15, 69% of 60-69 year olds in Northern Ireland had access to the internet, with a lower proportion of 40% for those aged 70 years or over. These figures indicate a large increase since 2001/2, when the figures were 10% and 3% respectively. Further information is available within A profile […]
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Did you know that just under one in five respondents (19%) to the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey were aware that high blood pressure increases the chances of getting dementia? Further information on the survey results are available in the Research Update Dementia: look closer, by Elizabeth Byrne McCullough and Paula Devine. Full […]
Did you know that male life expectancy at birth in Northern Ireland increased by 1.4 years from 76.3 in 2006-08 to 77.7 years in 2010-12. During the same period, female life expectancy increased by 0.9 years to 82.1 years. These improvements were mainly driven by falling mortality among people aged 60 years and over and […]
Did you know that, in Northern Ireland, over the decade mid-2004 to mid-2014, the growth of the population aged 85 and over (41.3 per cent) has been six times faster than that of the population aged under 85 (6.9 per cent)? For full details, see the report Estimates of the population aged 85 and over, Northern […]
Did you know that in Northern Ireland, 57% of women and 74% of men aged 50-64 are in employment? In comparison, 6% of women and 16% of men over the age of 65 are in employment. For more information, see Focus on … Health of older women in employment on the Centre for Ageing Research […]
Did you know that in 2009-11, the differential in life expectancy between the 20% most deprived areas and the Northern Ireland average was 4.1 years for males and 2.6 years for females? For more information, see Making Life Better: Monitoring the Wider Social Determinants of Health & Wellbeing (Key Indicators 2015) on the Department of […]
Did you know that the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) among people aged 50 years or over in Northern Ireland is 12.4%? This is higher than in the Republic of Ireland, where it is 8.6%. For more information, see the report Understanding disability in older heart disease patients in Ireland and Research Brief Disability […]
Did you know that research undertaken on behalf of AgeNI in 2014 showed that 77% of people aged 65 and over say that government in Northern Ireland does not make a sufficient effort to listen to the needs and experiences of older people? For more information, see Agenda for Later Life: Public policy for later […]
Did you know that the Policing Plan 2015-2016 sets a series of targets to be achieved by 31 March 2016? One of these is to increase by 2 percentage points the outcome rate for domestic burglary in which older persons are victims compared to the outcome rate 2014-15. For more information, see the Policing Plan […]
Did you know that the 2013/14 Health Survey for Northern Ireland suggests that 1 in 10 men aged 75 years or over drink more than the recommended weekly limit (which was 21 units in 2013/14). For more information, see the recent report Drink Wise, Age Well: Alcohol Use and the Over 50s in the UK […]
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