ageing population

• average age of UK population is rising

  1971 > 34.1 years

  2013 > 40.3
• Donald Hirsch


  -traditional age ‘pyramid’ is disappearing and being replaced by equal sized ‘block’

  -blocks represent different age groups
• ageing population caused by 3 factors

  -increasing life expectancy

  -declining infant mortality

  -declining fertility