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Letter from Karen Dunnell:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question about what the projected population aged over (a) 60 years, and over (b) 80 years is in (i) North Yorkshire; (ii) England in each year to 2015. (247598)
The attached table shows the projected population aged 60 and over and 80 and over for 2009 to 2015 for North Yorkshire and England. These data are taken from the 2006-based Subnational Population Projections published on 12 June 2008, and are the most recent projections available.
Thousand 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 England Persons aged 60 and over 11,521 11,705 11,872 12,037 12,205 12,380 12,552 Persons aged 80 and over 2,387 2,435 2,487 2,536 2,584 2,632 2,692 North Yorkshire Persons aged 60 and over 164 167 171 174 177 180 184 Persons aged 80 and over 34 34 35 36 37 38 39 Note: The projections relate to mid-year Source: Office for National Statistics