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Population pyramid of the United States in 2023. In recent decades, the fertility rate of the United States has declined below replacement level, prompting projections of an aging population and workforce, [1] [2] as is already happening elsewhere in the developed world and some developing countries. [3]
The life expectancy in some states has fallen in recent years; for example, Maine's life expectancy in 2010 was 79.1 years, and in 2018 it was 78.7 years. The Washington Post noted in November 2018 that overall life expectancy in the United States was declining although in 2018 life expectancy had a slight increase of 0.1 and bringing it to ...
The White House Conference on Aging [1] (WHCoA) is a once-a-decade conference sponsored by the Executive Office of the President of the United States which makes policy recommendations to the president and Congress regarding the aged. The first of its kind, the goals of the conference are to promote the dignity, health and economic security of ...
The U.S. population is aging rapidly. The number of people age 65 and older has increased by 33 percent over the past decade, from 37.2 million in 2006 to 49.2 million in 2016, according to a ...
Maine and Florida are home to a large population of baby boomers and both rank among the top 5 states in the US with the oldest -population.
This is a list of U.S. states, the District of Columbia and territories by median age in 2020. [note 1] The median age is the index that divides the entire population into two numerically equal age groups, one younger than that age and the other older than that age. It is the only index associated with the age distribution of a population.
According to the United States Census, 46 million people age 65+ lived in the United States in 2014 and this same segment of the population will grow to 74 million in 2030. [ 14 ] Websites and organizations have sprung up all across the nation, in individual communities, states and nationwide to help people to remain in their own homes for as ...
Aging leads to changes in the inner and middle ear, as well as the nerve pathways from the ear to the brain, which affect our hearing, according to the NIH. Long-term exposure to loud noises can ...