Ageing will put pressure on societies at all levels. One way of measuring that is to look at the older dependency ratio, F __________ that must be supported by them. The ODR is the number of people aged 65 and over for every 100 people aged 20 to 64. It varies widely, from just six in Kenya to 33 in Italy and Japan. The UK has an ODR of 26, and the US has 21.

• which shows the balance between working-age people and the older
• the change is due to
• a huge shift towards an ageing population
• as proportions of older people increase in most countries
• while patterns of work and retirement will have huge implications
• which recently replaced Italy as the world’s oldest major country
• the alarm about these changes