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Elderly Key Indicators (2010)

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Key Indicators on the Elderly

Key Indicators on the Elderly (continued)

KEY INDICATORS ON THE ELDERLY

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Elderly Residents
(Aged 65 Years & Over)
Total
Year

65 - 74
Years

75 Years
& Over

Males
Per
1,000
Females

Per Cent of
Resident Population

1965

2.5

1970

3.4

1975

4.0

1980

Sex
Ratio

Elderly
Residents in
Labour
3
Force

Employed
Elderly
3
Residents

Life Expectancy at
Age 65 Years

Death Rate

Per Cent of
Elderly
Residents

Per Cent of
Employed
Residents Aged
15 Years & Over

Years

Per 1,000
Elderly
Residents

17.4

1.9

8.3

72.2

17.3

1.9

8.4

63.2

18.0

1.8

8.5

60.1

na

na

675

2.6

0.8

790

na

na

819

4.9

3.6

1.3

820

16.4

1.8

14.0

55.1

1990

6.0

3.8

2.2

818

14.3

1.8

15.7

47.4

1995

6.5

4.2

2.3

821

10.6

1.5

16.0

48.1

2000

7.2

4.7

2.4

818

10.8

1.6

16.9

42.3

2001

7.3

4.8

2.6

816

11.8

1.8

17.1

40.0

2002

7.4

4.7

2.7

813

11.5

1.8

17.3

39.9

2003

7.4

4.7

2.6

791

11.2

1.9

18.0

41.6

2004

7.8

4.9

2.8

792

10.4

1.8

18.4

38.4

2005

8.1

5.1

2.9

790

11.4

1.9

18.7

37.4

2006

8.4

5.3

3.1

792

14.3

2.5

18.9

36.0

2007

8.5

5.4

3.2

790

14.8

2.4

19.0

36.7

2008

8.7

5.4

3.3

792

16.1

2.7

19.3

35.4

2009

8.8

5.5

3.4

795

17.2

3.1

19.6

2010

9.0

5.4

3.6

792

17.6

3.0

19.9

33.9
P

Sources: Singapore Department of Statistics, Ministry of Manpower, Registry of Births and Deaths
na Not available
p Preliminary
1 Data from 2003 onwards exclude Singapore residents (i.e. citizens and permanent residents) who have been away from
Singapore for a continuous period of 12 months or longer as at the reference period.
2 Data for 1970, 1980 and 1990 are from the Population Censuses.
3 Data for 1965 are from the 1966 Singapore Sample Household Survey. Data for 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000 are from the
Population Censuses. Data for 1995 and 2005 are from the General Household Surveys. Data for other years are from the
Labour Force Surveys.
4 Data refer to total population.
Updated as at July 2011

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KEY INDICATORS ON THE ELDERLY

(continued)

Major Causes of
Death

Hospital
Patients
Discharged

Hospital Morbidity Rate

Year
Heart

Cancer

Heart

Cancer

Cataract

Per 1,000 Residents Aged 65 Years & Over

8.5

11.3

10.6

1980

14.2

1985

13.9

1990

13.2

1995

12.2

2000

1965
1970
1975

Hospital
Bed Days

Per Cent of Total

Days

8.4

na

na

na

na

na

na

7.8

na

na

na

na

na

na

8.9

na

10.9

10.5

10.4

na

na

23.5

25.2

33.7

28.7

22.8

14.4

25.6

12.1

11.0

40.0

32.0

37.2

18.5

30.8

11.5

11.6

10.6

44.9

29.5

44.2

23.5

35.1

10.3

2001

11.4

10.2

43.2

28.8

45.0

24.7

34.6

10.3

2002

10.3

10.0

43.1

28.3

47.6

25.2

28.6

10.0

2003

11.3

9.6

38.0

25.5

42.4

25.1

32.9

11.0

2004

9.6

9.3

40.7

27.7

52.6

25.0

37.6

9.8

2005

8.7

8.8

38.3

27.0

48.0

25.5

39.4

9.4

2006

8.9

9.2

39.5

28.9

49.5

27.0

42.5

9.0

2007

9.3

9.3

37.8

28.6

51.4

27.6

42.0

8.9

2008

8.8

9.4

37.2

27.6

48.0

27.7

42.7

9.2

2009

8.2

9.0

34.1

26.3

48.4

27.8

42.6

9.1

2010

8.1

8.7

35.6

15.2

52.3

12.9

13.6

na

26.8

13.0

na

22.3

23.9

na

28.6

20.1

15.5

22.4

14.8

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Sources: Singapore Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Manpower, Registry of Births and Deaths
na
p
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2
3
4

Average
Length of
Stay in
Hospitals

Not available
Preliminary
From 1995 onwards, data include day surgery cataract operations.
Data refer to total deaths per 1,000 persons aged 65 years and over.
Data refer to total deaths per 1,000 residents aged 65 years and over.
Data refer to inpatient hospitalisations of all persons per 1,000 residents aged 60 years and over.

5 Data refer to total population.

Updated as at July 2011

9.0