We examine ill-health retirement of police officers in England and Wales between 2002-3 and 2009-10. Differences in ill …-health retirement rates across forces are statistically related to area-specific stresses of policing and force-specific differences in …-health retirement from central government to local police authorities- impacted on the level of ill-health retirement, especially among …

uncertainty about the overall impact of ageing on welfare and society and the multiple domains in which its effects may develop … longitudinal survey of persons pre- and post retirement age, providing timely information on a wide array of decisions by … individuals and household related to the ageing process and the ongoing trends …