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online services access ­ silverplatter information the ntis database search guide 30 sample record silverplatter ti an au cs rd py nt a v preventing the diseases of aging special focus healthy title aging chronic disease notes and reports volume 12 number 3 fall 1999 pb2001102122xsp ramsey-t performer national center for chronic disease prevention and health promotion atlanta ga 1999 20p 1999 color illustrations reproduced in black and white product reproduced from digital image order this product from ntis by phone at 1-800-533-ntis u.s customers 703 605-6000 other countries fax at 703 605-6900 and email at orders@ntis.fedworld.gov ntis is located at 5285 port royal road springfield va 22161 usa united-states english pc a03/mf a01 elderly-persons treatment population-growth alzheimer sdisease arthritis diabetes physical-activities quality-of-life demography public-health health-statistics trends aging chronic-diseases prevention cdc-center-for-disease-control center-for-disease-control medicine-and-biology-clinical-medicine 57e medicine-and-biology-public-health-and-industrial-medicine 57u health-planning-and-health-services-research-communityand -population-characteristics 44c 57e 57u 44c 44 57 descriptive note accession number personal authors corporate source report date/pagination publication year ci la pr de country of intellectual origin language ntis price codes descriptors de id sc descriptors identifiers subject categories cc ab subject category codes the new millenium brings the nation many challenges but none abstract is more troubling that that of caring for increasingly large population of americans older than 65 years not only has the birthrate decreased since 1964 when the baby boom ended at the same time life expectancy has increased dramatically from 47 years in 1900 to 76 years in 1990 adults over than 85 years are the fastest-growing part of the population by 2030 they are expected to number 8.5 million `if disease patterns stay the same the health care system will have to spend an additional $400 to $500 billion to cover the costs of an older population said james s marks md mph director nccdphp however lifesyle changes and increased emphasis on prevention could reverse the trends of increasing chronic disease disability and death hewcdc 104227000 200106 agency source code corporate source code update date ag ca ud 30

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