Many different factors helped people prosper, but there were also many challenges that people faced and failed. In 1750, life expectancy averaged between 28 to 33 years. However, these numbers began to increase during the nineteenth century. The nineteenth century saw life expectancy reach as high as 39.9 years for males and 43.5 in females. England, Wales, France, Germany, Italy, and Sweden saw higher increases in life expectancy that ranged anywhere from 35.1 years to 39.9 years old in men, and 35.4 to 43.5 years old in women.
Lifestyle and Diseases 生活習慣と病気 1 Lifestyle As countries develop, become more industrialized and people live longer, lifestyle becomes a major factor for chronic diseases -- including obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, dementia, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and depression (slide 1). As life expectancy increased by 30 years in the 20th century in developed countries, the major causes of death changed from infection to chronic diseases. Behavioral patterns are the major determinant of health, and they contribute to premature death (slide 2). The available health care system also has a significant impact on premature death, even in developed countries. For example, because people who lack health insurance are unable
Members of this population experience many difficulties and risks that are physical, emotional, and psychological and must be given care and support. The elderly population makes up a substantial amount of the general population in the U.S. and is on a rise in the coming years. “As late as 1930, America's older population numbered less than 7 million—only 5.4% of the population. Today, one out of every 9 Americans is "old"—another former youth turns 50 every 8 seconds. Those aged 65 and older now exceed 35 million.
People are living longer and the population of these elders is increasing and cannot be properly executed with a diminishing budget. Overall funding has declined from FY 2010 of $2.4 billion to $2 billion in FY 2012. Wacker, R. R. , & Roberto, K. A., (2014)Pg. 33. $400 million is a lot to have been cut for a population that was just projected to more than double in the next 15
Rising Health Care and Poverty Rising Health Care and Poverty in the U.S.A Introduction Rising health care costs and poverty have been on the rise since the early, 1990’s. Medical costs have more than doubled over the last decade, and health insurance premiums have risen nearly five times faster than wages. Americans are spending far more on health care than residents of any other industrialized county while receiving lower quality care overall. Clemmitt, Marcia (2006, April 7) Rising health cost (vol.16, Issue 13). The census data for 2006 shows that 36.5 million Americans or about one in eight lived below the federal poverty like of $20,614 in income for a family of four.
Older adults are among one of the fastest growing populations of the United States; in 1990 one in eight persons was older than the age of 65; by 2030, this ratio will decline to one in five (Wan, Sengupta, Velkoff, & Debarros, 2005). The US Census Bureau estimates that by 2030 the persons aged 65 or older will make up about 20% of the U.S population. The state of California will be experiencing a disproportionate growth in the number of elderly. California is one of the states with the largest number of elderly which was 3 million in 1993 projected by US census bureau and has reached 3.7 million. The United States Census Bureau predicts that in the next twenty years the number of elderly in California will increase from 3.7
According to Administration on Aging, the older population persons 65 years or older numbered 39.6 million in 2009 represented 12.9% of the U.S. population, about one in every eight Americans. Marshall and Altpeter (2005) have acknowledged by 2005, with the ageing of the baby boomers, the number of older adults ages 65 and older will triple, and the proportion of the 85 plus age group will increase to about five percent of the total population. The fastest growing age group in the United States is the elderly. So what is ageism? Dr. Robert Butler, a renowned gerontologist and the first director of the National Institute on Aging in the USA, originally defined ageism in 1969 as stereotyping and discrimination against people because they are old (McGuire, Klein, & Chen 2008).
Ethical Health Care Issues Paper The elderly population, individuals aged 65 years, and older in the United States anticipated to increase in numbers from approximately million today to more than 70 million by 2030. This anticipated rapid growth in the census increases of elder individuals, presents challenges for family, loved ones, and society to meet effects of age-related changes, acute, and chronic disease processes (Plassman, 2008). Dementia, a disease more prevalent in elderly individuals manifest with a decline in memory, and cognitive impairments leading to lose of independent functioning with wide-ranging effects on the individual, families, loved ones, and the health care system. According to Plassman,
The fact is that between 2005 and 2050, half of the increase in the world population will be accounted for by a rise in the population aged 60 years or over. Similarly By 2050, the share of the population aged 65 and older to the working-age population aged 20-64 will rise to more than 47% from its 2003 level of 27%. (Sennett, 2004) argues that Ageism “embodies a major paradox” given the fact that modern medicines have given rise to longer life spans, it is ironic that we now outlaw the older worker. This represents certain negativity in the mindset of
Furthermore, the non-Hispanic Whites population will slightly decline even with the burgeoning elderly population because of healthier lifestyles and improved health care services available. Hispanics are expected to increase by 188% and account for nearly one-quarter of the nation's population although, The United States Census Bureau believes many Hispanics born in America claim Whites on census surveys. Asians, however, are expected to triple to over 33 million by 2050. Historically, America has been a "Black and Whites" country with Blacks accounting for nearly 13% of the current population. By 2050, the Black population will increase roughly 15%, making them the second largest minority group in America.