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Health, United States, 2009

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    • Vision conditions cause activity limitations in 8.9% of Americans age 85 and older.  
    • Costs for hospital stays with the six most expensive principal procedures: United States, 1999-2006  
    • Adults 45 years of age and over reporting prescription drug use in the past month for selected drug categories, by age and sex: United States, 1988-1994 and 2003-2006  
    • Limitation of activity caused by selected chronic health conditions among older adults, by age: United States, 2006-2007  
    • Hypertension, diabetes, and serious heart conditions among adults 45-64 years of age, by percent of poverty level: United States, 2007  
    • Total Population, by age: United States, 1980-2050
      Total Population, by age: United States, 1980-2050  
    • New and emerging technologies have made it easier for people with diabetes to manage their disease. Improved technology came in the form of a continuous glucose monitor, first approved by…  
    • In 2003-2006, 22.9% of Americans 60 years and over had diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes.  
    • Arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions were the most frequently reported chronic conditions causing limitation of activity. Heart and circulatory conditions were the second leading cause of activity limitation.  
    • The percentage of noninstitutionalized adults 65 years of age and over with limitation of activity decreased from 39% to 36% between 1997 and 1999 and then remained at 34-35% between…  
    • Among Americans 45-64 years of age, heart and circulatory conditions were the second-leading cause of activity limitation.  
    • From 1988-1994 to 2003-2006, the use of statin drugs by Americans 45 years of age and older increased almost 10-fold, from 2% to 22%.  
    • In 2007, poor adults 45-64 years old were 56% more likely than those with family income more than twice the poverty level to have diagnosed hypertension and more than twice…  
    • Older American population change between 1980 and 2007
      Between 1980 and 2007, the percentage of Americans 65-74 years of age decreased slightly from 7% to 6%, while the percentage of Americans 75 years of age and over increased…