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Did you know?The oldest authenticated age that a person has lived is 122 years and 164 days. Jeanne-Louise Calment of France died in 1997 after a very active life. She took up fencing when she was 85 years and rode a bicycle until 100 years.
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New Zealand’s older population (that is, the population aged over 65) will change dramatically over the next few decades.
In 2004 it was estimated that about 12 in 100 people were older New Zealanders. By 2051 older New Zealanders will make up just over 26 in every 100 people, and the majority of those older New Zealanders will be women.
The older population will become larger and have greater diversity due to its different life experiences compared with past generations of older people. Older people will become increasingly better educated and more involved in paid work. More will have experienced divorce, remarriage or sole parenting. Older women will have had a longer employment history than past generations. A large proportion of older women are involved in unpaid work, both in the home and community.
Overall health is improving so more people will be fit and active into their 70s.
Life expectancy is increasing and will bring greater ethnic diversity of older people, particularly among Māori, Pacific and Asian peoples.
Women will continue to make up a high proportion of those in older age groups with a particularly large increase in those more than 85 years.
Other features of the older population are overall low incomes but high rates of home ownership and urban dwellers.
