{"id":198,"date":"2016-07-15T16:56:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T16:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-monroecc-hed110\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=198"},"modified":"2016-10-11T18:31:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T18:31:56","slug":"profile-of-older-americans","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/chapter\/profile-of-older-americans\/","title":{"raw":"Profile of Older Americans","rendered":"Profile of Older Americans"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Population Growth<\/h2>\r\nOlder adults are among the fastest growing age groups, and the first \u201cbaby boomers\u201d (adults born between 1946 and 1964) turned 65 in 2011.[footnote]<em>A Profile of Older Americans: 2010<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aoa.gov\/aoaroot\/aging_statistics\/Profile\/2010\/3.aspx[\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.aoa.gov\/aoaroot\/aging_statistics\/Profile\/2010\/3.aspx[<\/a>\/footnote]\r\n\r\nThe older population (65+) numbered 40.4 million in 2010, an increase of 5.4 million or 15.3% since 2000. The number of Americans aged 45\u201364\u2014who will reach 65 over the next two decades\u2014increased by 31% during this decade.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Over one in every eight, or 13.1%, of the population is an older American.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Persons reaching age 65 have an average life expectancy of an additional 18.8 years (20.0 years for females and 17.3 years for males).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Older women outnumber older men at 23.0 million older women to 17.5 million older men.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe population 65 and over has increased from 35 million in 2000 to 40 million in 2010 (a 15% increase) and is projected to increase to 55 million in 2020 (a 36% increase for that decade). The 85+ population is projected to increase from 5.5 million in 2010 and then to 6.6 million in 2020 (19%) for that decade.\r\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\r\n<h3><strong>Think for Yourself<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nHow will the upcoming increases in the percentage of older adults impact health and health services? Why does it matter?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Income<\/h2>\r\nThe median income of older persons in 2010 was $25,704 for males and $15,072 for females. Median money income (after adjusting for inflation) of all households headed by older people fell 1.5% (not statistically significant) from 2009 to 2010. Households containing families headed by persons 65+ reported a median income in 2010 of $45,763. The major sources of income as reported by older persons in 2009 were Social Security (reported by 87% of older persons), income from assets (reported by 53%), private pensions (reported by 28%), government employee pensions (reported by 14%), and earnings (reported by 26%). Social Security constituted 90% or more of the income received by 35% of beneficiaries in 2009 (22% of married couples and 43% of non-married beneficiaries).\r\n<h3>Poverty<\/h3>\r\nAlmost 3.5 million elderly persons (9.0%) were below the poverty level in 2010. This poverty rate is not statistically different from the poverty rate in 2009 (8.9%). During 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau also released a new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) which takes into account regional variations in the livings costs, non-cash benefits received, and non-discretionary expenditures but does not replace the official poverty measure. The SPM shows a poverty level for older persons of 15.9%, an increase of over 75% over the official rate of 9.0% mainly due to medical out-of-pocket expenses. About 11% (3.7 million) of older Medicare enrollees received personal care from a paid or unpaid source in 1999.\r\n<h2>Minority Groups Over Age 65<\/h2>\r\nIn 2010, 20.0% of persons 65+ were minorities\u20148.4% were African-Americans. Persons of Hispanic origin (who may be of any race) represented 6.9% of the older population. About 3.5% were Asian or Pacific Islander, and less than 1% were American Indian or Native Alaskan. In addition, 0.8% of persons 65+ identified themselves as being of two or more races. Minority populations have increased from 5.7 million in 2000 (16.3% of the elderly population) to 8.1 million in 2010 (20% of the elderly) and are projected to increase to 13.1 million in 2020 (24% of the elderly).\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Older men were much more likely to be married than older women: 72% of men vs. 42% of women (Figure 2). 40% older women in 2010 were widows.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>About 29% (11.3 million) of non-institutionalized older persons live alone (8.1 million women, 3.2 million men).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Almost half of older women (47%) age 75+ live alone.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>About 485,000 grandparents aged 65 or more had the primary responsibility for their grandchildren who lived with them.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\r\n<h3>Learning Activity<\/h3>\r\nUse the <a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscheckup.org\/cf\/frmwelcome2.cfm?partner_id=58&amp;subset_id=57&amp;CFID=795190&amp;CFTOKEN=54943149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BenefitsCheckUp<\/a> tool to determine what benefit programs you might be eligible for if you were over age 65 right now.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Complete the form as though you were born before 1945. Make estimates to answer the questions.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ask someone you know who is over the age of 65 to complete the form.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Which of these benefits do you think will still be available for older adults in 2020 or 2030?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBenefitsCheckUp quickly finds federal, state, and private benefit programs available to help you save money on health care, food assistance, prescriptions, utilities, and more.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"209472\"]Show Sources[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"209472\"]\r\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\r\n<h2>Population Growth<\/h2>\r\n<strong>Source:<\/strong> Healthy People, <a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/healthypeople.gov\/2020\/topicsobjectives2020\/overview.aspx?topicid=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/healthypeople.gov\/2020\/topicsobjectives2020\/overview.aspx?topicid=31<\/a>\r\n\r\n[\/hidden-answer]","rendered":"<h2>Population Growth<\/h2>\n<p>Older adults are among the fastest growing age groups, and the first \u201cbaby boomers\u201d (adults born between 1946 and 1964) turned 65 in 2011.<em>A Profile of Older Americans: 2010<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aoa.gov\/aoaroot\/aging_statistics\/Profile\/2010\/3.aspx[\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.aoa.gov\/aoaroot\/aging_statistics\/Profile\/2010\/3.aspx[<\/a>\/footnote]<\/p>\n<p>The older population (65+) numbered 40.4 million in 2010, an increase of 5.4 million or 15.3% since 2000. The number of Americans aged 45\u201364\u2014who will reach 65 over the next two decades\u2014increased by 31% during this decade.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over one in every eight, or 13.1%, of the population is an older American.<\/li>\n<li>Persons reaching age 65 have an average life expectancy of an additional 18.8 years (20.0 years for females and 17.3 years for males).<\/li>\n<li>Older women outnumber older men at 23.0 million older women to 17.5 million older men.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The population 65 and over has increased from 35 million in 2000 to 40 million in 2010 (a 15% increase) and is projected to increase to 55 million in 2020 (a 36% increase for that decade). The 85+ population is projected to increase from 5.5 million in 2010 and then to 6.6 million in 2020 (19%) for that decade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\n<h3><strong>Think for Yourself<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>How will the upcoming increases in the percentage of older adults impact health and health services? Why does it matter?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Income<\/h2>\n<p>The median income of older persons in 2010 was $25,704 for males and $15,072 for females. Median money income (after adjusting for inflation) of all households headed by older people fell 1.5% (not statistically significant) from 2009 to 2010. Households containing families headed by persons 65+ reported a median income in 2010 of $45,763. The major sources of income as reported by older persons in 2009 were Social Security (reported by 87% of older persons), income from assets (reported by 53%), private pensions (reported by 28%), government employee pensions (reported by 14%), and earnings (reported by 26%). Social Security constituted 90% or more of the income received by 35% of beneficiaries in 2009 (22% of married couples and 43% of non-married beneficiaries).<\/p>\n<h3>Poverty<\/h3>\n<p>Almost 3.5 million elderly persons (9.0%) were below the poverty level in 2010. This poverty rate is not statistically different from the poverty rate in 2009 (8.9%). During 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau also released a new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) which takes into account regional variations in the livings costs, non-cash benefits received, and non-discretionary expenditures but does not replace the official poverty measure. The SPM shows a poverty level for older persons of 15.9%, an increase of over 75% over the official rate of 9.0% mainly due to medical out-of-pocket expenses. About 11% (3.7 million) of older Medicare enrollees received personal care from a paid or unpaid source in 1999.<\/p>\n<h2>Minority Groups Over Age 65<\/h2>\n<p>In 2010, 20.0% of persons 65+ were minorities\u20148.4% were African-Americans. Persons of Hispanic origin (who may be of any race) represented 6.9% of the older population. About 3.5% were Asian or Pacific Islander, and less than 1% were American Indian or Native Alaskan. In addition, 0.8% of persons 65+ identified themselves as being of two or more races. Minority populations have increased from 5.7 million in 2000 (16.3% of the elderly population) to 8.1 million in 2010 (20% of the elderly) and are projected to increase to 13.1 million in 2020 (24% of the elderly).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Older men were much more likely to be married than older women: 72% of men vs. 42% of women (Figure 2). 40% older women in 2010 were widows.<\/li>\n<li>About 29% (11.3 million) of non-institutionalized older persons live alone (8.1 million women, 3.2 million men).<\/li>\n<li>Almost half of older women (47%) age 75+ live alone.<\/li>\n<li>About 485,000 grandparents aged 65 or more had the primary responsibility for their grandchildren who lived with them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\n<h3>Learning Activity<\/h3>\n<p>Use the <a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscheckup.org\/cf\/frmwelcome2.cfm?partner_id=58&amp;subset_id=57&amp;CFID=795190&amp;CFTOKEN=54943149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BenefitsCheckUp<\/a> tool to determine what benefit programs you might be eligible for if you were over age 65 right now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete the form as though you were born before 1945. Make estimates to answer the questions.<\/li>\n<li>Ask someone you know who is over the age of 65 to complete the form.<\/li>\n<li>Which of these benefits do you think will still be available for older adults in 2020 or 2030?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BenefitsCheckUp quickly finds federal, state, and private benefit programs available to help you save money on health care, food assistance, prescriptions, utilities, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q209472\">Show Sources<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q209472\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<h2>Population Growth<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> Healthy People, <a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/healthypeople.gov\/2020\/topicsobjectives2020\/overview.aspx?topicid=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/healthypeople.gov\/2020\/topicsobjectives2020\/overview.aspx?topicid=31<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-198\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Contemporary Health Issues. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Judy Baker, Ph.D., Dean of Foothill Global Access at Foothill College. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: bakerjudy@foothill.edu. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hlth21fall2012.wikispaces.com\/\">http:\/\/hlth21fall2012.wikispaces.com\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":20,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Contemporary Health Issues\",\"author\":\"Judy Baker, Ph.D., Dean of Foothill Global Access at Foothill College\",\"organization\":\"bakerjudy@foothill.edu\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/hlth21fall2012.wikispaces.com\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-sa\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-198","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":43,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/198\/revisions\/463"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/43"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/198\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-contemporaryhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}