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Life expectancy in care homes, England and Wales Articles
Dataset
Documentation
Description:
The data defines “care home residents” as people recorded as living in a care home (with or without nursing) on Census Day (in the relevant census) who are linked to mortality records. The mortality data are those of people who died in the period covered; life expectancy is calculated based on observed age-specific death rates among care home residents. The releases include comparisons for non-care home residents of the same age and sex, to highlight the gap in life expectancy between populations. Accompanying datasets include confidence intervals and age/sex specific mortality rates and the life expectancy estimates
Spatial Coverage:
- England
- Wales
Data Use Limitations:
NO RESTRICTION
Coverage
Spatial
Geographical Levels:
country
Temporal
Start Date:
01 April 2011
Frequency:
BIENNIAL
Provenance
Purpose:
To estimate how many additional years of life (i.e. remaining life expectancy)
are expected, on average, for older adults aged 65 and over who are residents of
care homes in England and Wales so as to contribute to policy, planning and
understanding of care sector mortality for frail older populations.
Collection Situation:
Care homes in England and Wales
Access and Governance
Usage
Data Use Requirements:
NO REQUIREMENTS
Access
Data Controller:
Office for National Statistics
Format and Standards
Languages:
ENGLISH
Data Format:
- Unstructured text
- Database
Additional Information Governance
Confidentiality Risk:
Low risk
Availability Risk:
Low risk
Integrity Risk:
Low risk
Enrichment and Linkage
Origin
Name:
Data Catalogue