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the rise of obesity in america has risen dramtically in recent years. the number of obesisy in childern has alson rised considerably. what about the elderaly poeple have there been a rise in obesity of poeple who are over the age of 65? how many of us are going to have to buy over sized coffins? well a study that was persented by
http://healthnews.uc.edu has said this statement

"An analysis led by a UC researcher calculates that the number of obese adults over the age of 60 will rise from 14.6 million in 2000 to 20.9 million in 2010--an increase of 43 percent." http://healthnews.uc.edu/news/?/681/

this rise in obesity will lead tto higher rates in heart realted illnesses.

since there are these problems of old poeple how many people in the united states are old?

In July 2003, 35.9 million
people were aged 65 and older in
the United States, or 12 percent
of the total population. Among
the older population, 18.3 million
people were aged 65 to 74, 12.9
million were aged 75 to 84, and
4.7 million were 85 and older.

i got this from http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p23-209.pdf

if there are these many poeple what is there life expetinticy?

• People in the United States are
living longer and healthier lives
than ever before. Average life
expectancy at birth rose from 47.3
in 1900 to 76.9 in 2000.

again i got this at

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p23-209.pdf

now that we know there amounte of poeple what is the demographics?

• In 2003, non-Hispanic Whites
accounted for nearly 83 percent
of the older population. Blacks,
Asians, and Hispanics accounted
for 8 percent, 3 percent, and 6
percent, respectively.


again http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p23-209.pdf

now where would one find the most old poeple in this country?

Florida, Pennsylvania, and West
Virginia were the states with the
highest proportions 65 and older in
2000: 17.6 percent, 15.6 percent,
and 15.3 percent, respectively.

again i got this from the very helpfull

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p23-209.pdf