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1 SENI REPT CHT CK Y 2016 The full report is available at JOIN THE ERSATION

2 THE HEALTH OF TOMROW S SENIS Comparing the middle aged population of 2014 (tomorrow s seniors) to the health of today s seniors when they were middle aged (in 1999) shows worsening rates for several health measures. THE PRELEE OF THE PRELEE OF OBESITY IREASED BY 24.9% DIABETES IREASED BY 54.8% 27.2% 34.0% vs. 10.1% 15.6% vs. OBESITY CHANGE AMONG LES ME THAN 2X GHER THAN CHANGE AMONG FELES CHANGE IN DIABETES PRELEE BY RACE/ETHNICITY +36.8% LE +15.4% FELE NON-SNIC WTES +56.4% SNICS +40.8% NON-SNIC BLACKS +24.3% THE PRELEE OF 50.3% SMING CREASED BY THE PRECENTAGE OF DDLE-AGED ADULTS REPTING VERY GOOD EXCELLENT HEALTH HAS CREASED BY 9.4% 38.2% vs. 19.0% 51.5% vs. 46.7% EDION HAS A PROTEIVE EFFE ON SMING, TH THE DROP IN PRELEE GREATER AMONG THOSE TH GHER EDION LEVELS. TS DROP IN HEALTH STATUS IS ME DRATIC AMONG THOSE TH LOWER IN LEVELS. LESS THAN HS -34.0% HS GRAD -40.8% SO LLEGE -52.2% LLEGE GRAD -72.9% LESS THAN $25K -29.1% F $25K - $50K -18.8% F $50K - $75K -16.9% ME THAN $75K -8.1% As health declines for the next generation of seniors, severe impacts on the system loom. Today, 1 out of every 3 Medicare dollars is spent on care for adults with diabetes, and Medicare spending on diabetes is projected to rise rapidly over the next several years Source: Kaiser Family Foundation/ BI Medicare spends 36% more per beneficiary on obese seniors compared to those at a healthy weight. Source: Health Affairs SENI REPT CHT CK 2

3 OBESITY THE PRELEE OF 24.9% OBESITY IREASED BY 27.2% 34.0% vs. SENI REPT CHT CK 3

4 DIABETES THE PRELEE OF DIABETES IREASED BY 10.1% 15.6% vs. SENI REPT CHT CK 4

5 SMING THE PRELEE OF 50.3% SMING CREASED BY 38.2% vs. 19.0% SENI REPT CHT CK 5

6 HEALTH STATUS THE PRECENTAGE OF DDLE-AGED ADULTS REPTING VERY GOOD EXCELLENT HEALTH HAS CREASED BY 9.4% 51.5% vs. 46.7% SENI REPT CHT CK 6

7 THE HEALTH OF TODAY S SENIS Today s seniors have seen improvements in several areas of health care, but challenges remain. VERY GOOD EXCELLENT HEALTH STATUS AMONG ADULTS AGED 65+ IREASED BY ABO 7% FROM 38.4% OVER THE ST THREE YES, TO OF SENIS 41.2% HEALTH STATUS MT ND KS MO KY MS AL GA LA First quintile Second quintile Third quintile Fourth quintile Fifth quintile IN THE ST THREE YES, PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS CREASED BY ABO 19% 9% FROM 66.6 TO 53.8 DIHGES PER 1,000 DIRE BENEFICIAES. FROM 93.8 TO HO HEALTH RE WKERS PER 1,000 PEOPLE AGED 75 AND OLR. MRED TH A 6% IREASE IN OBESITY PRELEE F THE GENERAL POPULATION. SENI REPT CHT CK 7

8 HO HEALTH SENI REPT CHT CK 8

9 OBESITY 9% SENI REPT CHT CK 9

10 STATE RANKINGS ON SENI HEALTH America s Health Rankings Senior Report offers a comprehensive analysis of senior population health on a national and state-by-state basis across 35 measures of senior health RANKING 2016 RANKING MT ND KS MO KY MS AL GA LA MT ND KS MO KY MS AL GA LA First quintile Second quintile Third quintile Fourth quintile Fifth quintile RHO ISLAND, ALASKA AND NEW JERSEY THE GREATEST STRES OVER THE ST THREE YES TO IMPROVE THEIR SENI HEALTH RANKING RHO ISLAND FROM 30 TO 11 ALASKA FROM 39 TO 21 NEW JERSEY FROM 28 TO 16 MT ND KS MO KY MS AL GA LA DIABETES PRELEE AMONG THOSE AGING INTO SENI STATUS HAS DRATILLY IREASED BY NELY 55% * *On average across the U.S. 25 STATES LL FACE A 50% ME IREASE IN THEIR SENI-AGED POPULATION BY 2030 *On average THE GROUP AGING INTO SENI STATUS IS 25% ME * OBESE THAN DDLE-AGED ADULTS 15 YES AGO SENI REPT CHT CK 10

11 25 STATES MT ND KS MO KY LA MS AL GA 25 STATES LL FACE A 50% ME IREASE IN THEIR SENI-AGED POPULATION BY 2030 SENI REPT CHT CK 11

12 2013 V RANKING MT ND KS MO KY LA MS AL GA 2016 RANKING MT ND KS MO KY LA MS AL GA SENI REPT CHT CK 12

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