At the same time, the percentage of workers aged over 45 years employed in the care sector shot up by more than 50%, compared with a mere 15% increase in the rest of the w orking population (see figure III. In others, such as Uruguay, it was barely noticeable (see table III.3). This seems to have resulted in a conveigence of the age profile of these two subgroups between 2000 and 2010 (see figure III. In most countries, health woikers are, on average, older than those who work in education (see table A-3 in the statistical annex).