Les personnes âgées

71,742 people aged 65 and over lived in the Grand Duchy at the census date, an increase of 17.5% compared to 2001. The number of those aged 85 and over rose from 6,206 in 2001 to 8,194 in 2011 (+32%). As the total population has evolved in a quite similar way (+16.6% from 2001 to 2011), the share of the elderly (65 and over) in the total population has remained fairly stable with a slight upward trend: 13.9% in 2001 and 14.0% in 2011. The share of foreigners among the elderly is much lower than their share in the total population: foreigners make up 21.4% of the population aged 65 and over living in Luxembourg, while the percentage of foreigners in the total population reached 43.0%. However, the proportion of foreigners among the elderly aged 65 and over increased: in 2001, they accounted for only 15.3% of this age group (against 21.4% in 2011). The higher life expectancy of women is reflected in the fact that the share of women in the population increases steadily with age. Among all seniors aged 65 and over, the proportion of women is 57.2%. The proportion of women increases to 73.2% among those aged 85 and over. For women, the likelihood that their partner dies is much higher than for men. As a result, older women are more often widowed, live more often with their children and live more frequently than men in a retirement home. In contrast, older males live more frequently with their partner in a private household.
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