Older people not secure because of discrimination?
I came across an interesting review of equality statistics. Although rather technical, it usefully gives you a picture of what statistics are available on various forms of inequality (race, age, gender etc). I ound the most interesting sections were about security, and it points up: how can you feel secure if you fear being discriminated against in important aspects of your personal identity. For example, if older people fear that health and social care services do not give them the same priority as younger people, they can be made generally insecure.
Walby, S., Armstrong, J., and Humphreys, L. (2008) Review of equality statistics London: Equality and Human Rights Commission. http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publicationsandresources/Documents/Equalities/review_of_equality_statistics.pdf