1 in 8 Americans (13% or 40.3 million) are 65 or older
Percentage of all federal domestic spending that goes to the elderly: 46%
Average annual health care costs for older Americans who earn more than $30,000 a year: $11,000
Average annual health care costs for older Americans earning less than $10,000 a year: $17,000
8 in 10 seniors are living with at least one chronic health condition;
50% have two or more
25% of older Americans are obese
20% have diabetes
70% have heart disease
60% have arthritis
Ratio of women over 65 to men over 65: 1.37 to 1
Ratio of women over 85 to men over 85: 2.1 to 1
Chance that a senior citizen will become physically or cognitively impaired in their lifetime: 2 in 3
Chance that a senior citizen will enter a nursing home: 1 in 3
Average cost to stay in a US nursing home for one year: $76,680
Percentage of Americans over 60 who live with a younger relative: 6.3%
Percentage of Japanese over 60 who do: 70%
Percentage increase by 2040 in the number of elderly requiring long term care that have no children: 50%
Number of centenarians alive today for every one centenarian alive in 1990: 2
Average number of drugs prescribed each year to an American over 60: 16
Chance that a senior reports having not filled prescriptions because of cost: 1 in 5
Chance a senior will have more $25,000 in out-of-pocket long term care costs: 1 in 5
Chance an individual age 55+ has long term care insurance: 1 in 10
Increase in the life expectancy of an American between 1900 and 2000: 30 years
Ratio of Medicare & Medicaid dollars spent in 1971 to 2010: $1 to $45
Percentage of leisure time Americans over 65 spend watching TV: 55%
Percentage of leisure time Americans over 65 spent exercising: 3%
http://www.payingforseniorcare.com/longtermcare/statistics.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/28/senior-citizens-health-care-report/2354635/