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Iceland
Population: 354,234 (July 2021 est.)
Population density: 4 inhabitants per km²
Area: 103.125 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 15.47% (male 25,546/female 28,697) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 6.56 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 83.45 years
male: 81.21 years
female: 85.79 years (2021 est.)
Netherlands
Population: 17,337,403 (July 2021 est.)
Population density: 413 inhabitants per km²
Area: 41.543 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 19.82% (male 1,558,241/female 1,866,380) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 9.22 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 81.95 years
male: 79.72 years
female: 84.3 years (2021 est.)
United Kingdom
Population: 67.081 million United Kingdom (June 2020 est.)
Population density: 275 inhabitants per km²
Area: 243.610 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 18.48% (male 5,470,116/female 6,681,311) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 9.41 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 81.3 years
male: 79.02 years
female: 83.7 years (2021 est.)
Ireland
Population: 5,224,884 (July 2021 est.)
Population density: 71 inhabitants per km²
Area: 70.273 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 13.82% (male 331,772/female 383,592) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 6.72 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 81.45 years
male: 79.12 years
female: 83.9 years (2021 est.)
Denmark
Population: 5,894,687 (July 2021 est.)
Population density: 130 inhabitants per km²
Area: 42.921 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 19.91% (male 538,096/female 630,475) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 81.45 years
male: 79.52 years
female: 83.51 years (2021 est.)
Switzerland
Population: 8,453,550 (July 2021 est.)
Population density: 208 inhabitants per km²
Area: 41.285 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 18.73% (male 699,750/female 874,448) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 8.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 83.03 years
male: 80.71 years
female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)
Sweden
Population: 10,261,767 (July 2021 est.)
Population density: 23 inhabitants per km²
Area: 447.435 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 20.59% (male 974,410/female 1,126,142) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 9.39 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 82.6 years
male: 80.61 years
female: 84.7 years (2021 est.)
Finland
Population: 5,587,442 (July 2021 est.)
Population density: 16 inhabitants per km²
Area: 338.465 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 22.26% (male 543,331/female 697,045) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 10.33 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 81.55 years
male: 78.63 years
female: 84.6 years (2021 est.)
Germany
Population: 79,903,481 (July 2021 est.)
Population density: 233 inhabitants per km²
Area: 357,581 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 22.99% (male 8,148,873/female 10,277,538) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 12.22 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 81.3 years
male: 78.93 years
female: 83.8 years (2021 est.)
Italy
Population: 62,390,364 (July 2021 est.)
Population density: 199 inhabitants per km²
Area: 301,338 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 22.08% (male 5,949,560/female 7,831,076) (2020 est.)
Death rate: 10.7 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 82.67 years
male: 80.01 years
female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)
Austria
Population: 8,884,864
Population density: 106 inhabitants per km²
Area: 83,882.56 km²
Population share of persons aged 65 and older: 19.87%
Death rate: 9.85 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birth – total population: 82.07 years
male: 79.42 years
female: 84.85 years (2021 est.)
DEBATE Study
1999 |University of Helsinki
Helsinki Aging Study
1989 |University of Helsinki; Department of General Practice, Geriatrics
Aberdeen 1921 Birth Cohort (ABC1921)
1997 |University of Aberdeen
Institute of Applied Health Sciences
Active aging – resilience and external support as modifiers of the disablement outcome
2016 |University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Gerontology Research Center
Aging in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (GENDER)
1995 |Institute of Gerontology, School of Health and Welfare
Jönköping University
Brain Ageing in Abbiategrasso Study (InveCe.Ab)
2009 |Golgi Cenci Foundation
Cambridge City over-75s Cohort Study (CC75C)
1985 |University of Cambridge
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Cohort of Swedish Men – COSM (Part of SIMPLER)
1997 |Uppsala University
Department of Surgical Sciences, Orthopaedics; The EpiHub
Danish 1915 Cohort Study (DCS-1915)
2010 |University of Southern Denmark
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography
Danish Longitudinal Centenarian Study (DLCS)
1995 |Ageing Research Center, Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health,
University of Southern Denmark
Deutscher Hochaltrigkeitssurvey: Hohes Alter in Deutschland (D80+)
2019 |ceres – Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health
Universitätsstr. 91
50931 Köln
German Centre of Gerontology (DZA), Berlin
Healthy Old People of Edinburgh (HOPE)
1990 |University of Edinburgh
Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre
Helsinki Businessmen Study (HBS)
1964 |University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki Nutrition and Medication Study in Long-term care
2003 |University of Helsinki; Department of General Practice, Geriatrics
kaisu.pitkala@helsinki.fi
riitta.saarela@hel.fi
“Hier will ich wohnen bleiben – Zur Bedeutung des Wohnens in der Nachbarschaft für gesundes Altern” (BEWOHNT)
2010 |Interdisziplinäre Alternswissenschaft
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Individual and environmental factors underlying life space of older people – study protocol and design of a cohort study on life-space mobility in old age (LISPE)
2011 |University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Gerontology Research Center
Kungsholmen Project (KP)
1987 |Karolinska Institutet
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), H1
Lebensqualität und Wohlbefinden hochaltriger Menschen in NRW (Hochaltrigenpanel NRW 80+)
2016 -2021 |ceres – Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health
Universitätsstr. 91
50931 Köln
Leiden 85-plus Study
1997 |Universiteit Leiden
Faculteit Geneeskunde, Divisie 3, Public Health en Eerstelijnsgeneeskunde
Lund 80+ (LUND)
1988 |Lund University
lunduniversity.lu.se
Newcastle 85+ Study
2006 |Institute for Ageing, Newcastle University
Nordic Research on Aging (NORA)
1989 |University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Sports and Health Sciences
Nordic Research on Aging (NORA)
1989 |University of Jyvaskyla, Dep. Sports and Health Sciences, Finland
Dr. Pertti Era
pertti.era@sport.jyu.fi
Oporto Centenarian Study (PT100)
2013 |Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Origin of Variances in the Oldest-Old: Octogenarian Twins (OCTO-Twin)
1991 |University of Gothenburg, Department of Psychology
Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS)
1991 |Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences
Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER)
1997 |Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, Netherlands
Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER)
1997 |Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, Netherlands
Swedish Mammography Cohort – SMC (Part of SIMPLER)
1987 |Uppsala University
Department of Surgical Sciences, Orthopaedics; The EpiHub
Swedish National Study on Aging and Care – Good Aging in Skåne (SNAC-S)
2001 |Institutionen för Hälsovetenskaper, Faculty of Medicine
Lund University
The Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies (H70)
1971 |Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Psychology, Medicine, Social Science
The New Turku Elderly Study
2011 |University of Turku
Department of Geriatrics
mahevi@utu.fi, laura.viikari@utu.fi, maarit.wuorela@turku.fi
The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Blekinge (SNAC-B)
2001 |Blekinge Institute of Technology
Department of Health (TIHA)
The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K)
2001 |Aging Research Center (ARC), Karolinska Institutet
The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Nordanstig (SNAC-N)
2001 |Karolinska Institutet
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS)