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Younger workers are more likely to have an accident, but older workers may have more serious injuries and fatal accidents.
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In 2014, the highest employment rate of people aged between 55 and 64 years in the EU are found in Sweden (74.0%), followed by Germany (65.5%) and Estonia (64.0%).
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Over the next 50 years, the European working-age population is expected to decline by nearly 42 million (which is equivalent to almost the entire population of Spain).
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The hardest things to deal with for workers over 55 years of age in Europe are exclusion from training, negative stereotyping among their younger colleagues, and a lack of opportunities to retire gradually.
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Nearly 1 in 5 workers above 50 years of age do not believe they will be able to do the same job when they are 60 years old.
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Over 60% of people who are over 50 years of age feel as fit as they ever did.
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  • Milieu: WP1 State-of-the-Art-Review for Safer and Healthier Work at Any Age, 2015;
  • Eurobarometer: Active Ageing Report, 2012;
  • ESF Age: EAF Age Network Working Group I Report: Good Practice Examples on Sustainable Employability and Workability drawn from across Europe, 2012;
  • European Commision: Population ageing in Europe - -Facts, implications and policies, 2014;
  • J.O. Crawford et al.: The Health Safety and Health promotion Needs of Older Workers, 2010.