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Indicator 1: Number of Older Americans
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Table 1a |
Total number of persons age 65 or older by age group, 1900 to 2050, in millions
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Table 1b |
Percentage of the population age 65 and older and age 85 and older, 1900 to 2050
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Table 1c |
Percentage of the population age 65 and older, by country, 2000
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Table 1d |
Percentage of the population age 65 and older, by state, 2000
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Indicator 2: Racial and Ethnic Composition |
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Table 2a |
Projected distribution of the population age 65 and older, by race and Hispanic origin, 2000 and 2050
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Table 2b |
Projected population age 65 and older, by race and Hispanic origin, 2000 and 2050, in thousands
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Indicator 3: Marital Status |
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Table 3 |
Marital status of the population age 65 and older, by age group and sex, 1998
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Indicator 4: Educational Attainment
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Table 4a |
Percentage of the population age 65 and older with a high school diploma or higher and bachelor’s degree or higher, 1950 to 1998
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Table 4b |
Percentage of the population age 65 and older with a high school diploma or higher and bachelor’s degree or higher, by race and
Hispanic origin, 1998
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Indicator 5: Living Arrangements
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Table 5a |
Living arrangements of the population age 65 and older, by sex and race and Hispanic origin, 1998
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Table 5b |
Percentage of the population age 65 and older living alone, by age group and sex, 1970 to 1998
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Economics |
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Indicator 6: Poverty
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Table 6a |
Percentage of the population living in poverty, by age group, 1959 to 1998
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Table 6b |
Percentage of persons age 65 or older living in poverty, by selected characteristics, 1998
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Indicator 7: Income Distribution
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Table 7 |
Income distribution of the population age 65 and older, 1974 to 1998
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Indicator 8: Sources of Income
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Table 8a |
Distribution of sources of income for the population age 65 and older, 1962 to 1998
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Table 8b |
Sources of income among persons age 65 or older, by income level, 1998
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Indicator 9: Net Worth
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Table 9 |
Median household net worth, by selected characteristics, in thousands of 1999 dollars, 1984 to 1999
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Indicator 10: Participation in the Labor Force
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Table 10 |
Labor force participation rates of persons age 55 or older, by age group and sex, annual averages, 1963 to 1999
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Indicator 11: Housing Expenditures
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Table 11 |
Percentage of total annual expenditures allocated to housing costs in households headed by persons age 65 or older, by income level, 1987 to 1998
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Health Status |
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Indicator 12: Life Expectancy
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Table 12a |
Life expectancy by age group and sex, in years, 1900 to 1997
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Table 12b |
Life expectancy by age group and race, in years,1997 |
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Indicator 13; Mortality
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Table 13a |
Death rates for selected leading causes of death
among persons age 65 or older, 1980 to 1997 (per 100,000) |
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Table 13b |
Leading causes of death among persons age 65 or older, by sex and race and Hispanic origin, 1997
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Table 13c |
Leading causes of death among persons age 85 or older, by sex and race and Hispanic origin, 1997
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Indicator 14: Chronic Health Conditions
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Table 14 |
Percentage of persons age 70 or older who reported having selected chronic conditions, by selected characteristics, 1984 and 1995
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Indicator 15: Memory Impairment
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Table 15 |
Percentage of persons age 65 or older with moderate or severe memory impairment, by age group and sex, 1998
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Indicator 16: Depressive Symptoms
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Table 16 |
Percentage of persons age 65 or older with severe depressive symptoms, by age group and sex, 1998
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Indicator 17: Self-Rated Health Status
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Table 17 |
Percentage of persons age 65 or older who reported good to excellent health, by age group, sex, and race and Hispanic origin, 1994
to 1996
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Indicator 18: Disability
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Table 18a |
Percentage of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older who are chronically disabled, by level and category of disability, 1982 to 1994
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Table 18b |
Percentage of persons age 70 or older who are unable to perform certain physical functions, by sex, 1984 and 1995
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Table 18c |
Percentage of persons age 70 or older who are unable to perform any one of nine physical functions, by sex and race, 1995
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Health Risks and Behaviors
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Indicator 19: Social Activity
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Table 19a |
Percentage of persons age 70 or older who reported engaging in social activities, by age group and sex, 1995
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Table 19b |
Percentage of persons age 70 or older who reported being satisfied with their level of social activity, by sex, 1995
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Indicator 20: Sedentary Lifestyle
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Table 20 |
Percentage of persons age 65 or older who reported having a sedentary lifestyle, by sex, 1985, 1990, and 1995
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Indicator 21: Vaccinations
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Table 21a |
Percentage of persons age 65 or older who reported having been vaccinated against influenza and pneumococcal disease, by race and
Hispanic origin, 1989 to 1995
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Table 21b |
Percentage of persons age 65 or older who reported having been vaccinated against influenza and pneumococcal disease, by sex and
age group, 1993 to 1995
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Indicator 22: Mammography
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Table 22 |
Percentage of women age 65 or older who reported having had a mammogram within the past two years, by race and Hispanic origin,
1987 to 1994
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Indicator 23: Dietary Quality
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Table 23a |
Dietary quality ratings among persons age 45 or older, as measured by the Healthy Eating Index, by age group and poverty status,
1994 to 1996
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Table 23b |
Average scores of persons age 65 or older for components of the Healthy Eating Index, 1994 to 1996
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Indicator 24: Criminal Victimization
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Table 24 |
Violent and property crime rates, by age of victim, 1973 to 1998 (per 1,000)
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Health Care
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Indicator 25: Health Care Expenditures
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Table 25a |
Average health care expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older, in 1996 dollars, by age group, 1992 to 1996
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Table 25b |
Average health care expenditures among Medicare
beneficiaries age 65 or older, by selected characteristics, 1996
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Table 25c |
Percentage of health care expenditures incurred by Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older, by level of expenditures, 1996
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Table 25d |
Distribution of health care expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older, by institutional status, 1996
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Indicator 26: Components of Health Care Expenditures
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Table 26a |
Major components of health care expenditures among Medicare
beneficiaries age 65 or older, 1992 and 1996
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Table 26b |
Distribution of major components of health care expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older, by age group and income level,
1996
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Indicator 27: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditures
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Table 27 |
Percentage of total out-of-pocket expenditures allocated to
health care costs in households headed by persons age 65 or older, by income level, 1987 to 1998
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Indicator 28: Access to Health Care
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Table 28a |
Percentage of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older who reported problems with access to health care, 1992 to 1996
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Table 28b |
Access to and satisfaction with health care among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older, by age group and race and Hispanic origin, 1996
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Indicator 29: Use of Health Care Services
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Table 29a |
Rates of health care service usage by Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older, 1990 to 1998 (per 1,000)
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Table 29b |
Use of home health and skilled nursing facility services by Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older, by age group, 1998
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Indicator 30: Nursing Home Utilization
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Table 30a |
Rate of nursing home residence among persons age 65 or older, by sex and age group, 1985, 1995, and 1997 (per 1,000)
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Table 30b |
Number of nursing home residents age 65 or older, by sex and age group, 1985, 1995, and 1997, in thousands
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Table 30c |
Percentage of nursing home residents age 65 or older who are incontinent and dependent in mobility and eating, by age group and sex, 1985 and
1997
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Indicator 31: Home Care
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Table 31a |
Percentage of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older who received home care for a chronic disability, by type of assistance, 1982, 1989,
and 1994
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Table 31b |
Distribution of types of assistance among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older who received home care for a chronic disability,
by level of disability, 1982, 1989, and 1994
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