Boots - Interim Results 2005/06 : A strong and growing market

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A strong and growing market

Healthcare
First

Demographic trends
- Greater life expectancy, people older for longer

Notes

There are three main reasons why this market grows at around 5% per year.

First, people are living longer - that means that they are older for longer and need more medication. This chart shows how the number of people over retirement age has grown well ahead of the wider population and is forecast to continue to do so.