4 July 2014

The health of older people in numbers

Focus on the Health and Care of Older People
HSCIC, 26 June 2014
  • This report provides a compilation of information on older people living in England to give a broad picture of their health, care and wellbeing. It pulls together data on hospital activity, mental health, social care, prescribing, NHS workforce, census data and life expectancy.
  • The report addressed the following questions:
    • Are older people living longer, healthier lives? 
    • What disabilities and illnesses do older people have? 
    • What services do older people use? 
    • What are the resources used to care for older people? 
    • What are the common causes of death in older people? 
  • Datatables includes:
    • Census populations England 1951 to 2011 
    • Population projections - England 2021 to 2051 
    • Ethnicity of the older population - England Census 2011 
    • Geographic variation in the older population, England Census 2011 
    • Life expectancy in England 1980-1982 to 2010-2012 
    • Disability free life expectancy at age 65, England 2008-10 
    • General Health: Health Survey for England 2012 
    • Body Mass Index: Health Survey for England 2012 
    • Diabetes: Health Survey for England 2003 - 2012 
    • Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF): Dementia Prevalence and total list size, England 
    • Cardiovascular disease: Health Survey for England 2003-2011 
    • Cancers. Incidence of newly diagnosed cancer per 100,000 population by age and sex, England 2011 
    • Social care use - England 2012/13 
    • Prescribing, England 2013 
    • People in contact with adult and older adult secondary mental health services in England 2012/13 
    • 2012/13 Population accessing a hospital service by age and type of service 
    • 2012/13 Hopsital Admissions by Admission Type 
    • Hospital Services: FCE Bed days and Day Cases 1992/93 to 2012/13 
    • Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) Staffing : medical staff in selected specialties - England 1993 to 2013 
    • Common Causes of Death in Older People 2012