We are constantly told that the pressures on the NHS are down to an elderly population. Always been a bit sceptical of that as seen reports that poor health is not related so much to age as to closeness to death. As life expectancy rises, so too does healthy life expectancy. Also, when I went to A&E with a relative a couple of years ago he was one of the few old people there. Most were families with kids.
Anyway, found there are actually statistics - https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30112 for A&E visits in England. Can't find age of population generally for England but Wikipedia has them for UK.
Age A&E Visits % % of population
0-9 15.14 11.8
10-19 11.37 12.1
20-29 15.55 13.6
30-39 12.29 13.1
40-49 10.73 14.6
50-59 10.07 12.2
60-69 8.14 10.8
70-79 7.78 7.1
80-89 6.76 3.9
90+ 2.16 0.8
Certainly 80+ are over represented but then they are not a large % of the population. 0-9 and 20-29 (booze?) seem to be much more to do with the pressures on A&E.
PS Does CUK do tables or tabs??
Anyway, found there are actually statistics - https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30112 for A&E visits in England. Can't find age of population generally for England but Wikipedia has them for UK.
Age A&E Visits % % of population
0-9 15.14 11.8
10-19 11.37 12.1
20-29 15.55 13.6
30-39 12.29 13.1
40-49 10.73 14.6
50-59 10.07 12.2
60-69 8.14 10.8
70-79 7.78 7.1
80-89 6.76 3.9
90+ 2.16 0.8
Certainly 80+ are over represented but then they are not a large % of the population. 0-9 and 20-29 (booze?) seem to be much more to do with the pressures on A&E.
PS Does CUK do tables or tabs??
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