Life course pathways to ageing: MRC National Survey of Health and Development

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Public interest in ageing is manifest in concerns about the increasing proportion of the elderly in the population, how they can be cared for, and how to reduce individual differences in ageing. This study will show the state of health at age 62-63 years, and the distribution of risks of future poor health, of the first wave of the baby-boom generation, poised to increase the elderly population. We shall also show how risks associated with processes of ageing develop throughout life, particularly in terms of physical and cognitive functional decline and cardiovascular and musculoskeletal ageing, and the impact of ageing on everyday activities and quality of life