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It is assumed that over-65s live in some condition of infirmity, when the most recent Health Survey for England suggests that the opposite is the case – the most commonly declared state of health, in any of the five age groups between 65 and death, is "no reported problems" (and that includes men!). So, as life expectancy rises and health improves at the early stages of pensionable age, ever more people will be working well into their 60s – transforming the equation of who's a burden and who isn't.
