Demographic Information- Some Tidbits-Part I
(12/25/22)-The U. S. added 1.3 million people in the year that ended on July 1, for a total population of 333.3 million. That included 245,000 more births than deaths.
18 states lost population led by New York, Illinois, Louisiana and California .Florida (440,000 net gains), Idaho, South Carolina and Texas were the biggest gainers.
(12/23/22)-The death rate for the U. S. population increased by 5% last year resulting in a drop of life expectancy from 77 years to 76.4 years in 2021.
Heart disease continues to be the number 1 cause of death in the U. S. followed by cancer as number 2
The death toll from Covid-19 as the underlying cause was 416,893, up nearly 19% from the 2020 350,831,. Preliminary statistics for this year showed the total including where Covid-19 was an contributing cause as of mid-December topped 233,000.
Drug overdose deaths in 2021106,700, which was up 16% from 2020
(5/25/22)- American women had about 3.66 million babies in 2021, up 1% from 2020, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Health Statistics. That was the first increase in this country since 2014. Every age cohort group had an increase age 25 and older.
2017 saw the peak number of births for women in this country.
There were 198,000 more births than deaths, according to the provisional
data. It is an impressive number in light of the
number of deaths due to the pandemic.
(3/25/22)-New York City lost more than 300,000 residents through June2021, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau, which covered the period from July 2020 through July 2021. This period of time showed the lowest population growth for the year that was the slowest population growth in U. S. history.
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco lost over 700,000 people during this period of time, while Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Austin and Atlanta gained more than 300,000 residents.
The bottom line showed a total population growth of 0.1% for the year.,
(12/23/21)- The provisional numbers cited by the CDC in our item dated 7/22/21 below have been revised so that the official final number show that Americans’ average life expectancy fell 1.8 years to 77 years in 2020. That was the biggest life-expectancy decline since World War II.
Covid-19 deaths was the 3rd largest contributor, behind cardiovascular events and cancer, as it was the underlying cause of deaths of 351,000 Americans in 2020.
For the 12-months in the one-year period that ended in April, drug-related
fatalities were the highest in history
(7/22/21)-Provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) showed that American life expectancy dropped to 77.3 years in
2020 which was a drop of 1.5 years from 2019. This was the largest single year
drop recorded since 1943.
Life expectancy dropped by 11.8
years in 1918 during a worldwide flu pandemic.
CDC data indicated that 385,201
Americans died in 2020 making it the 3rd greatest cause for deaths
behind heart attacks and cancer.
The largest drop of 3.7 years of any
cohort was for Hispanic males, bringing their life expectancy to 75.3 years.
(5/22/21)- The U. S. age adjusted mortality rate rose
16% in 2020 from 2019, according to provisional data from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This broke a 90-year streak in which the
yearly death rate was always lower than it was the year before.
Covid deaths ranked third behind
heart disease and cancer, with the hope that with the arrival of the vaccines
the Covid death rate will decline.
In the first half of 2020, the
agency estimated that U. S. life expectancy at birth declined by about a year
from 2019 to 77.8 years.
(5/5/21)-Provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics showed that the number of
babies born in the U. S. last year was the lowest in more than 4 decades.
There were about 3.61million babies
born in 2020, down 4% from the prior year. The total fertility rate fell
to1.64, which was the lowest rate since the government began keeping this
statistic in the 1930s. This is the number of babies a woman would have over
her lifetime.
(4/28/21)- The latest Census Bureau statistics showed
that the U. S. population grew at the second lowest rate for a decade since the
government began counting in 1790. Changes in the nation’s political structure
with the South and the West gaining population, while the Northeast and Midwest
losing residents.
The total count came to 331,449,281
as of April 1, 2020.
(4/20/21)-The number of suicides dropped to 44,834 deaths in 2020 from 47,311 in
2019. It is the second year in a row that he number
has fallen, after reaching a high in 2018.
(3/30/21)- The labor force participation rate, which is the
proportion of the population working or seeking work, for Americans 55 of older
has fallen from 40.3% in February 2020 to 38.3% in February 2021, which
represents a loss of 1.45 million people from the labor force.
(3/15/21)- The net worth of U. S. households finished 2020 at the
highest level on record, in spite of the ongoing pandemic.
Household net worth finished the
fourth quarter at $130.2 trillion, according to figures released by the Federal
Reserve. That was up5.6% from the 3rd quarter and 10% from the end
of 2019.
(2/19/21)-Estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National
Health Center for Health Statistics said life expectancy at birth was 77.8
years, as of the end of June 2020.This represented a one year
decline from the same period a year ago, and the largest drop since 1944.This
is the lowest figure since 2006.
Life expectancy for black Americans
dropped by 2.7 years to 72 years, and for Hispanic Americans it fell 1.9 years
to 79.9 years.
Female life expectancy was 80.5
years as of June, or 5.4 years greater than for males.
(3/27/20)- The American population is growing at the slowest pace since 1919,
according to data released by the Census Bureau. The data covered the 12 months
ended July, 2019, which therefore did not include any information from the
COVID-19 virus.
Births fell to 3.79 million, while
deaths numbered for the period covered by the data2.83 million.
Immigration fell to a net gain of
598,348, leaving the U.S. with a population increase of just 0.48 percent, the
slowest growth rate since 1919.
(2/4/20)- Life expectancy at birth
in the U.S. rose to 78.7 years in 2018 from 78.6 the previous year. This is the
first time in four years that it has risen, and was due largely to the fact
that opioid deaths declined for the first time in 28 years.
This level brought the U.S. back to
the level it attained in 2010. Deaths from overdoses dropped by 4.1 percent in
2018, to 67,367 from 70,237 in 2017
The report was released by the
National Center for Health Statistics. The overall cancer mortality rate
dropped by2.2 percent in 2018.
(1/1/20)- In 2019, there were
3,791,712 births in this country, and 2,838,036 deaths according to figures
from the Census Bureau. With only 956,674 people being added to the population,
that was the smallest increase in the century
It is estimated there were 595,348
immigrants added to the population, a sharp drop off from 3 years ago when over
a million immigrants entered the U.S.
The U.S. population is now
328,239,523, up by 0.5 percent from July1, 2018 to July 1, 2019. California
lost over 400,000 residents of 18 during the past 9 years. New York lost
population for the fourth year in a row., with nine other states, mainly in the
northeast, also losing population this last year
(11/28/19)-The National Center for
Health Statistics reported that the fertility rate in the United States fell in
2018 for the fourth rate in a row. It also extended the decline in births that
began in 2008.
There were 59.1 births for every
1,000 women of childbearing age in the country last year, a record low. The
rate was down by 2 percent from 2017, and has fallen about 15 percent since
2007.
On the other side of the ledger, the
death rate from 2010 to 2017 for all causes among people ages 25 to 64 increased
from 328.5 deaths per 100,000 people to 348.2 deaths per 100,000.The states
with the greatest increases in death rates among this age group were New
Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia. Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
John G.Haaga,
director of the division of behavioral and social research at the National
Institute on Aging, which funded the study stated that life expectancy in the
coastal metro areas has improved at about the same rater
as Canada.
(11/1/19)- Deaths from heart
failure, which is the nation’s number one killer, followed by cancer is
surging, according to a recent study from the Kaiser Permanente Northern
California Division of Research.
The aging population, along with
high rates of diabetes in all ages is contributing to this alarming data. Most
deaths from heart failure happen among people over 65, but it is rising rapidly
among those under 65 as well.
The death rate from heart failure
rose 20.7% between 2011 and 2017, according to the study which was published in
a recent edition of the journal JAMA Cardiology. The number of Americans who
are 65 or older rose 23% between 2011 and 2017, according to the Census Bureau
data.
Heart failure is a progressive
condition in which the heart can’t pump enough blood for the body’s needs. The
risk increases with age.
Hypertension, obesity and diabetes
helped propel a 515 in crease in the number of heart
failure deaths in adults under the age of 65 between 2011 and 2017, according
to data from the study. Stephen Sidney, director of research clinics at Kaiser
was the lead author of the study.
(7/25/19)- A recent report from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that the death rate for
younger adults ages 25-44 rose 21% for white and black youths and 13% for
Hispanic youths between 2012 and 2017.
Most of these casualties were
victims of injuries, including drug overdose and suicides. Sally Curtain, a
health statistician at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics was an
author of this report.
Death rates rose 6.9% for white and
4.2% for black middle aged adults ages 45-64 from 2012-2017
(5/24/19)- A recent report from the
National Center for Health Statistics showed that there were 3,788,235 people
born in the United States last year, a decrease of 2% from 2017. This was the
lowest number of births in any year since 1986.
This was the fourth year in a row,
bringing the number of people born in this country to its lowest level since
1986. The fertility rate also fell to a record low.
There were fewer pregnancies
and the effects of the recession of 2009 were still being fell.
(3/10/19)- More than
150,000Americans died from alcohol, drugs or suicide in 2017. About 47,100 were
suicides
Twenty years ago, less than 1,000 deaths
a year were attributed to fentanyl and synthetic opioids. In 2017, more than
1,000 died every 2 weeks from synthetic opioid over dosage.
West Virginia and New Mexico had the
highest number of deaths, while Mississippi and Texas had the lowest number of
deaths.
The number of deaths from alcohol,
drugs and suicide hit the highest level since the federal collection of
mortality data started in 1999, according to an analysis by two public health
non-profits, the Trust for America’s Health and the Well Being Trust, which
garnered data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Five states, Massachusetts
, Oka., Rhode Island, Utah and Wyoming saw decreases
(12/27/18)- The latest U.S.
population figures released by the Census Bureau showed the slowest rate of
growth in over eight decades. The numbers, which cover the year ended July1,
show the country’s population rose by 0.6% to 327.2 million people. That was
the lowest rate of growth since 1937.,
If the House of Representatives were
apportioned based on this data, Texas would gain 2 seats, while Arizona,
Colorado, Florida, North Carolina and Oregon would each gain one.
States losing a seat would be
Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West
Virginia.
(12/13/18)- About 10,000 Americans turn 65
every day, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
(12/11/18)—About3.2 million U.S.
residents turned 70 in 2018,almost 50% more than in
2010, according to estimates from the
U.S. Census Bureau.
(12/1/18)-Life expectancy for
Americans fell for the third year in a row in 2017, and this has not occurred
since the 1960s.
Data from the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention show that life expectancy fell by one tenth to 78.6
years. A sharp increase in suicides and a continuing rise from drug overdose,
along with an increase in deaths due to pneumonia, influenza and diabetes were
the main causes for the drop.
The U.S. has lost three –tenths of a
year in life expectancy since 2014. Suicides rose 3.7% in 2017, with much of the
increase coming from suicides in rural areas.
(4/4/18)- A Pew Research Center
analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics concluded that the
proportion of Americans over age 65 who were employed, full-time or part-time,
rose to18.8 percent in 2016 from 12.8 percent in 2000. More than half were
working full-time.
Over 50 percent of those over 50 who
were not working said they would go back to work if the right opportunity came
along. People are living longer lives, and as a general rule
are healthier than individuals of an earlier era, so it is not only those who
have financial needs who are looking to continue to work at older ages.
(12/27/17)- It hasn’t happened since
the 1960s, but for the second consecutive year, life expectancy declined in the
U.S. This decrease has been attributed to the sharp increase in deaths due to
drug overdose.
The life expectancy for Americans
born in 2016 fell to 78.6 years, from 78.7 years and 78.9 years in the two
previous years, according to an announcement from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Drug deaths boosted “unintentional
injuries” as the 3rd most leading cause of death from number 4 in
2015. Heart disease and cancer were the number 1 and number 2 leading causes of
death in 2015.
(5/8/17)- Blacks now have an average
life expectancy of 75.6 years, and whites have a79 year life expectancy,
according to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS).
Blacks aged 35 to 64 are 50% more
likely than whites to have high blood pressure. The homicide rate among blacks
aged 18 to 34 is nine times as high as the rate among whites in this age group
Blacks who are over 65 live longer
than whites in this age category..
Timothy J. Cunningham, the lead
author of the report attributed this to the fact that the blacks in the over 65
age range have “weathered” it.
(6/19/17)- According to data from 2013-2014,
dementia affects 50.4% of the 1.4 million persons residing in the 15 600
nursing homes in the United States.
Despite long-standing and
widely recognized concerns about safety and efficacy, antipsychotic agents,
including older “typical” agents (ie, haloperidol and
chlorpromazine) and newer “atypical” agents (ie,
quetiapine, risperidone, and olanzapine), have been commonly used to treat behavioral
and psychological symptoms of dementia
(12/22/16)- The population in the
U.S. grew to 323.1 million, for the year ended July 1, but that 0.7% increase
was the smallest percentage on record since 1936-1937, according to the latest
data from the Census Bureau. This drop-off was the result of an increase in
deaths, a slowdown in births and a slight drop in immigration.
The increase in Utah’s population
made it the fastest growing state by percentage, while New York’s population decreaed by 1,900 people to 19.7 million
(12/9/16)- The death rate from heart
disease rose 0.9% last year, with the rate also increasing by 3% for stroke,
which is the 5th leading cause of death in the U.S., according to
the latest mortality data released by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). Heart disease is the number1 cause of deaths in the U.S.,
with cancer being the 2nd leading cause of death.
Life expectancy declined by one-tenth
of a percent, to 78.8 years, according to that same data from the CDC. Death
rate from heart disease had been declining for many years, until 2015.
Overall the death rate rose 1.2% in
2015 to 733.3 per 100,000. Death rates rose for 8 of the top 10 leading causes
of deaths.
(8/10/16)- Preliminary data from the
National Center for Health Statistics, which was based on deaths records
received by the center as of June 10, revealed that the death rare in the U.S.
declined in the first quarter of this.
This decline was more in line with
the numbers from past years, with the exception of
last year, when it increased, largely due to deaths from drug overdose...Last
year was the first year since 1993 that the rate did not decline.
The death rate from heart disease
declined from 188.5 per 100,000 in the first quarter of 2015 to 177.8 per
100,000 in the same quarter of 2016.
The overall death rate declined to
772.9 per 100,000 people in the first quarter of 2016, from 800.9 per 100,000
in the first quarter of 2015.
(7/10/16)- The top 10 causes of death in 2014 were
as follows:
Heart
disease (23.4% of all death)
Cancer (22.5%)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (5.6%)
Accidents (unintentional injuries; 5.2%)
Cerebrovascular diseases (5.1%)
Alzheimer's disease (3.6%)
Diabetes mellitus (2.9%)
Influenza and pneumonia (2.1%)
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (1.8%)
Intentional self-harm (suicide; 1.6%)
(6/3/16)-
The death rate in the United States rose last year for the first time in a
decade, according to preliminary data from the National Center for health
Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The main culprits causing the rise were increases by more people dying from
drug overdose, suicide and Alzheimer’s disease.
The
death rate rose to 729.5 deaths per 100,000 people in 2015, up from 723.2 in
2014. The death rate from suicide rose to 13.1in the third quarter of 2015 12.7
in the same quarter in 2014.
The
death rate from Alzheimer’s disease rose 29.2 in 2015, compared to 25.4 in
2014.
(4/21/16)-
The latest data from the Census Bureau, based on all deaths in this country in
2014 showed that life expectancy for white dropped to 78.8 years in 2014 from
78.9 years in 2013. Because of statistical rounding both men and women showed a
very slight decline.
Life
expectancy for women fell to 81.1 in 2014 from 81.2 in 2013. For men the
average life-span in 2014 stayed at 76.5 years, the same as the prior year.
Elizabeth
Arias, the statistician at the National Center for Health Statistics helped to
analyze the data
.
Life
expectancy for blacks rose to 75.6 years in 2014, while for Hispanics it rose
to 81.8 years in 2014, up from 81.6 years in 2013
.
(3/31/16)-
Females born in 2014 can expect to live 4.8 years longer than males born in the
same year. This difference in life expectancy between females and males has not
changed since 2010, but decreased from 5.4 years in 2000 and 7.0 years in 1990.
The
difference in life expectancy between females and males who were aged 65 years
in 2014 was 2.5 years, a decrease from 2.6 years in 2010, 2.9 years in 2000,
and 3.8 years in 1990.
(11/5/15)-
The death rate for all causes dropped from almost 1,279 people per every
100,000 individuals in the US population to nearly 730 per 100,000 between 1969
and 2013, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association.
Researchers
found death rates declined by 77% for stroke, 68% for heart disease, 40% for
unintended injuries, 18% for cancer and 17% for diabetes, but rates of death
from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease doubled. Reuters (10/27)
(8/19/15)- A report released by Harvard
University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies concluded that one in five renter
households spent more than 30% of their income for their housing if they are in
the $45,000 to $75,000 income level in 2013.
A
family is considered rent burdened if they spend 30% or more for their housing accommodation..
(7/31/15)-
In a revision to its earlier report, the United Nations Department of Economics
and Social Affairs
said that China’s population was now 1.38 billion, thus putting it slightly ahead of India’s
population of 1.31 billion.
The
revision placed that world’s population at 7.3 billion. The number of people
who will be 80 years or older is expected to triple by 2050. Life expectancy worldwide has risen to 68
years for men and 73 for women in 2010-2015, from 65 for men and 69 for women
in 2000-2005
(6/16/15)-
There are now 25 million Americans between the ages of 65 through 74, according
to the latest statistics from the Census Bureau.
The
most commonly accepted definition of the middle class is those who fall into
the middle class are in between the 40th and 80th income
percentile. The problem they face financially is complicated by the fact that
they have to help their children and grandchildren pay off their student debts,
college tuition costs, soaring housing bills, while at the same time having to
deal with their own rising medical expenses, and dealing with the rising
numbers for feeding themselves.
(12/23/14)-
The result of a study analysis from the Institute of Health Metrics and
Evaluation (IHME), at the University of Washington that was published in the
journal Lancelot, concluded that global life expectancy for men and women has
increased by about 6 years over the past two decades. Christopher Murray, the
lead author of the study is a director of the IHME.
The
study known as the Global Burden of Disease Study was conducted by an
international team of more than 700 researchers, and it was funded by the Bill
and Melissa Gates Foundation. The study analyzed yearly deaths from 240
different causes in 188 countries from 1990 to 2013.
While
deaths from infectious diseases have decreased by 25% over the past two
decades, the number of deaths linked to non-communicable diseases has jumped by
about 40%. This category involves deaths due to cancer, heart attacks and
diabetes.
The study
estimated that global life expectancy had increased by 5.8 years for men and
6.6 years for women. HIV/AIDS has
shortened life expectancy by an average of five years since 1990 in southern
sub- Saharan countries. It is the biggest cause of premature death in more than
a dozen southern sub-Saharan countries.
(10/29/14)-
The latest mortality estimates from the nonprofit Society of Actuaries show the
average 65-year old U.S. woman is expected to live 88.8 years, up from 86.4 in
2000. Men age 65 are expected to live 86.6 years, up from 84.6 in 2000.
The
Internal Revenue Service, which sets minimum funding calculations for corporate
pension plans, is expected to consider a new separate set of calculations in
2016. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the
average 65-year old U.S. male will live to be 82.9 years old, while the average
65-year old woman would live to be 85.5 years old.
(10/14/14)-
Life expectancy at birth reached a record high of 78.8 years in 2012, according
to data released on Wednesday from
the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. Broken down by sex, life
expectancy was 81.2 years for females and 76.4 for males. The CDC figure
includes the death of Americans who never reach the age of 65.
The 10 leading causes of death in 2012 were the same as in 2011.
(7/28/14)-
There are now 1.4 million people over the age of 60 living in New York City,
according to city data from the Department of Aging. This represents about17%
of the city’s total population, and is an increase of 12.4% in the last decade.
The
data also indicates that more than one in six people 65 and over live below the
federal poverty line, according to the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity, a
city agency The federal poverty level pegged for New York City was $11,404 in
annual income in 2011
(6/20/14)-
Census Bureau statistics show that in 1960, 3/4ths of adults were married,
compared with slightly over 50% today. On average people married about 6 years
younger than they do today.
These
same figures show that the fertility rate was 80% higher in 1960 than today,
resulting in more babies born to a smaller population.
(1/6/14)-
The baby boom generation, or those turning 50 this year will make up roughly
25% of the population, according to the latest figure from the U.S. Census
bureau. About 12,500 Americans will turn 50 every day this year. It is
estimated that there are now over 9.2 million veterans 65 or older.
The
median net worth of householders 65 and older, not including the value of their
homes was about $170,000 in 2010. 1946 is considered to be the starting year of
the baby boom era, so those original boomers are now collecting their Social
Security checks. It is just a matter of time now before Florida’s population
will exceed that of New York, as the warmer climate beckons the aging nation.
(1/1/14)-
The population in the United States grew to 316,128,839 in July 2013 from
313,873,685 the year before, according to the latest statistics from the U.S.
Census Bureau. This increase of 0.72% was the smallest percentage increase in
more than seven decades.
New
York barely edged out Florida by about 100,000 for the number 3 spot in total
state population, with California and Texas being numbers one and two. The
largest population increases were in Texas (387,397 people), California
(332,643) and Florida (232,111). New York, which added 75,002 people, ranked
ninth.
California
this year became the first state to top 38 million residents, with a population
of 38,332,521.
The
figures from the bureau showed that one birth is expected every eight seconds,
and a death every 12 seconds in this country.
The
projected world population on January 1, 2014 is 7,137,577,562 which is up 1.1%
from January 1, 2013. India led all nations by adding 15.6 million people over
the one year period of time, followed by China, Nigeria, Pakistan and Ethiopia.
(11/20/13)-
From an article by Joseph Berger in the November 19, 2013 edition of the N.Y.
Times entitled: “Casting Light on Little-Known Story of Albania Rescuing Jews
From Nazis”- 90% of Poland’s 3.3 million Jews were killed, 88% of Germany’s
240,000 Jews were killed, 77% of Greece’s 70,000 Jews were killed.
Albania
saved virtually all of its 200 native Jews and 400 Jewish refugees from Germany
and Austria, through its policy of “besa” or saving its natives based on their
country of origin rather than their religion.
Denmark
saved about 7,000 of its 7,800 Jews largely by helping them cross the channel
to neutral Sweden. Although Bulgaria turned over about 11,000 Jews from Macedonia
and Thrace it saved about 48,000 of its own Jewish citizens.
(7/19/13)-
The latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics showed that the
difference in life expectancy between blacks and whites is about 4 years. This
is the narrowest gap since the federal government began to track the disparity
in the 1830s
Blacks
had a higher rate of death from heart disease, cancer, homicide, diabetes and
infant mortality. Life expectancy for blacks rose to 75 years in 2010, up from
64 in 1970. For whites it rose to 79 years in 2010, from 72 in 1970.
(6/14/13)-
The U.S. Census Bureau reported, and in a separate analysis of data from the
National Center for Health Statistics by demographer Kenneth Johnson at the
University of New Hampshire, that for the first time since the data has been
kept, the number of non-Hispanic white Americans who died in the year ended
June 2012 exceeded, the number who were born during that period by about
12,400.
50.1%
of children under 5 are white, but that proportion is expected to fall because
the majority of births have been minority children for two years in a row.
(5/7/13)-
The number of suicides in a year rose 31% to 38,364 in 2010 from 29,181 in
1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is the
most recent year for which these statistics were available.
For
adults aged 35 to 64, the group most responsible for the increase, suicide is
now the fourth most common cause of death, behind cancer, heart disease and
unintentional injury such as drowning. That is up from the eighth spot in 1999.
(4/1/13)-
The March 2013 NCHS Data Brief, #115 is the most up-to-date report on deaths in
the United States. It covers the year 2011. In that year, the age-adjusted
death rate was 740,6 per 100,000 population. In 2010 the rate was 747.0,
indicating a 0.9% drop in 2011.
Life
expectancy at birth in 2011 was 78.7 years, the same for the year 2010. The
longest life expectancy is found in Hispanic women at 83.7 years. Non-Hispanic
white females have a life expectancy of 81.1 years, while non-Hispanic white males life expectancy is 76.4 years. The lowest life
expectancy is found among non-Hispanic black males at 71.6 years.
According
to NCHS Data brief, [M}uch of the recent improvement
in death rates and life expectancy for all population groups can be attributed
to continuing declines in death rates from major causes of death, such as heart
disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases."
Death
rates in states vary from a low-age adjusted rate of
584.8 deaths per 100,000 in Hawaii to a high in Mississippi of 956.2 deaths per
100,000 population. Regionally, the southeast had higher death rates than any
other region in the United States.
In general,
the five leading causes of death-heart disease, cancer, chronic lower
respiratory diseases, stroke and accidents- account for 62% of all deaths.
Causes of death vary with age. In the 65 and over category, heart disease
accounts for 26% of the deaths, cancer for 22%, chronic lower respiratory
diseases 7%, stroke 6%, Alzheimer's disease 5% and all other causes 34%. The
three leading causes of death in ages 1-24 are accidents 38%, homicides 13%,
and suicides 13%, all external causes.
One
interesting trend presented in the NCHS Data Brief is the steady decline in
infant mortality rate (IMR) since 1990. "Although the IMR for 2011 is not
significantly different from the rate for 2010 (6.15 deaths per 1,000 live
births), the IMR in 2011 was 34% lower than in 1999 (9.22)."
(2/12/13)-
Average life expectancy rose to 81.1 for women, and 76.2 for men in 2011,
according to the National Center for Health Statistics, from 76.6 for women and
68.8 for men in 1975.
The
maximum amount for gift giving rose to $14,000 per person, to any individual,
up from $13,000 is 2012. Couples can therefore give up to $28,000 to any one
individual. There is a life-time gift tax exemption of $5.25 million per
person, up from $5.12 million per person in 2011.The federal tax rate above the
exemption is now 40%, up from 35% last year.
(1/14/13)-
According to the Institute of Medicine's latest report, Americans are leading
sicker lives than many of the wealthy nations of the world. In fact, the United
States is near the bottom in such areas as infant mortality, low birth weight,
injuries and homicides, teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted
infections.
Interestingly,
even those individuals with health insurance, higher education, and healthy
behaviors appear to be sicker than their counterparts in other countries. The
good news is that we rank more favorably in these areas: mortality for those
older than 75, stroke and cancer mortality, management of blood pressure and
cholesterol and smoking rates.
(12/11/12)-
The Pew Research Center announced that the national birthrate dropped in 2011
to an all-time low of 63.2 per 1,000 women of childbearing age. The birthrate
declined by 14% among foreign-born women from 2007 to 2010, more than double
the 6 % drop among American born women over the same period.
The
rate for Mexican immigrants fell by 23 % during this period of time.
The
Pew Research Center attributed the decline to the weakened economy as the main
culprit
(6/14/12)-The
results of a study that was published in a recent edition of the Journal of the
American Medical Association concluded that the average age life expectancy for
black men born in 2011 is 70.8 years, while it is 76.2 years for non-Hispanic
white men.
The
average age life expectancy for black women born is 77.5 years compared to 81.2
for non-Hispanic white women.
Sam
Harper, who was the lead researcher for the study is an assistant professor of
epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational health at McGill University.
(2/4/12)-
Union membership in this country fell to 11.8% of the American workforce in
2011, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This was down
from the 11.9% figure in 2010, even though total membership rose by 49,000 to
14.76 million. This decline occurred because the percentage growth in
employment exceeded the percentage growth in union membership.
According
to the bureau, 16.3 million workers are represented by unions, some 1.5 million
more than the total membership. This indicates that many workers are opting out
of joining the unions that represent them at their workplaces.
The
percentage of public sector workers in unions was 37% last year, more than five
times the 6.9% membership rate for the private sector workers. The percentage
of union membership in unions for the private sector has decreased from the
more than 35% membership rate in the 1950s.
New
York State had the highest unionization rate at 24.1% while North Carolina has
the lowest membership rate at 2.9%.
The
unemployment rate among Americans 75 and older was 5.6% last year, compared to
2.5% in 2006 according to figures compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
As of December, 1.21 million people ages 75 and older were working, a 25% jump
from the 1.05 million in 2005.
7.3%
of the oldest Americans have jobs, up from 5.3% a decade ago, according to the
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
(12/5/11)-
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 40.3 million people age 65 and
older living in this country as of April 2010. That is an increase of 15% from
the prior census in 2000. Nationally the population grew by 9.7% from 2000 to
2010.
Those
who are 65 or older now comprise 13% of the population, which is the greatest
percentage of the population for this age group since the government began
compiling this data.
The
Northeast had the largest percentage of people 65 or older, at 14%, but the
fastest growth in this category of older people took place in the West where
the percentage of growth from 2000 was 23% over the decade.
Nationwide,
the only group that experienced a decline was that of the 75-to 79 age
category, which was down by 1.3% over the decade, reflecting the low number of
births during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
(8/2/11)-
The July 2011 National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief, No. 64,
entitled Death in the United States, 2009 reported that "life expecxtancy at birth reached a record high of 78.2 years.
White females had the longest life expectancy (80.9 years), followed by black
females (77.4 years)."
(3/27/11)-
In a preliminary report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
the average age estimated for the life of a baby born in 2009 is 78 years and 2
months. This is the longest life expectancy estimate in U.S. history. The
infant mortality rate hit a record low of 6.42 deaths per 1,000 live births, a
drop of nearly 3% from 2008.
Male
life expectancy is about 75.5 years, while female life expectancy is almost
80.5 years.
(3/21/11)-
Deaths from 10 of the top 15 leading causes of death in 2009 significantly
declined. The 15 leading causes of death in 2009 and the decreases in
associated death rates were reported as follows:
1.Heart disease: 3.7%; 2.Cancer: 1.1%; 3.Chronic lower respiratory diseases:
4.1%; 4.Stroke: 4.2%; 5.Accidents: 4.1%; 6.Alzheimer's disease: 4.1%;
7.Diabetes: 4.1%; 8.Flu and pneumonia: 4.7%; 9.Inflammation and scarring of the
kidneys (nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis): no change;
10.Intentional self-harm (suicide): no change; 11.Widespread blood infection
(septicemia): 1.8%; 12.Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: no change;
13.High blood pressure (essential hypertension) and kidney disease due to
long-term high blood pressure: no change; 14.Parkinson's disease: no change;
15.Homicide: 6.8%.
Suicide swapped places with septicemia in the 2009 ranking to become the 10th
leading cause of death, although the number of suicides did not significantly
increase between 2008 and 2009.
(12/21/10)-
The age-adjusted death rate decreased from 760.2 deaths per 100,000 population
in 2007 to 758.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2008.
From
2007 to 2008 age-adjusted death rates decreased significantly for 6 of the 15
leading causes of death: diseases of heart, malignant neoplasms,
cerebrovascular diseases, accidents (unintentional injuries), diabetes mellitus,
and assault (homicide).
From
2007 to 2008 age-adjusted death rates increased significantly for 6 of the 15
leading causes of death: chronic lower respiratory diseases; alzheimer's disease; influenza and pneumonia; nephritis,
nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis; intentional self-harm (suicide); and
essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease." (From National
Vital Statistic Reports dated Dec. 9th, 2010, Volume 9.
(12/11/10)-
The preliminary report from the National Center for Health Statistics for 2008,
the latest year for which it is available, showed that life expectancy in this
country dropped from 77.9 years in 2007 to 77.8 years in 2008.
Chronic
lower respiratory diseases, which includes asthma, emphysema and chronic
bronchitis became the 3rd leading cause for death in 2008, replacing
stroke which dropped down to the number 4 slot.
Heart
disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death, accounted for almost half
of all deaths in 2008
(9/30/10)-
As of the end of August there was a total of 14.9 million unemployed people in
this country. Of that total, more than 2.2 million were 55 or older. Nearly
half of them have been unemployed 6 months or longer, according to Labor Department
statistics. The unemployment rate in the group-7.3%- is at a record, more than
double what it was at the beginning of the recession.
(8/30/10)-
Just as was the case in past recessions, the birthrate fell for the second year
in a row since the recession began in 2007. The birthrate, which takes into
account changes in the population, fell to 13.5 births for every 1,000 people
last year. That is down from 14.3 people in 2007. Back in 1909 the birthrate in
this country was 30.
There
were an estimated 4,136,000 births in 2009, down from the 4,247,000 estimated
births in 2008, and more than 4.3 million estimated births in 2007. The total
number of births in 2007 was the greatest number of births that we have ever
had in this country.
Recent
recessions have all been followed by dips in the birthrate, according to the
agency's figures. These figures included the recession years of 1981-1982,
1990-1991 and 2001. The birthrate dipped below 20 per 1,000 people in 1932 and
did not rise above that level until the early 1940s.
"It's
a good sized decline for one year," said Stephanie Ventura, the
demographer who oversaw the report for the National Center for Health
Statistics.
(3/25/10)-
An analysis of Census Bureau statistics shows that multigenerational families,
which accounted for 25% of the population in 1940, but only 12% of the
population by 1980, edged up to 16% in 2008.
The
analysis shows that the proportion of people 65 and older who live alone, which
had risen from 6% in 1900 to 29% in 1990, declined slightly to 27% in 2008.
The
number of older people living in multigenerational families rose to 20% in 2008
from 17% in 1980.
The
proportion of those 85 and older living by themselves grew to 39% in 2008 form
22% in 1970. Among adults 65 and older, half are married, a share that has
remained fairly constant since 1900. Nearly 25% are divorced and 60% are
widowed.
The
2007 infant mortality rate (6.77/1000 live births) was slightly higher than the
2006 rate (6.69/1000 live births) but lower than the 2000 rate (6.89/1000 live
births). The infant mortality rate in the U.S. continues to rank at about the
25th highest in the world
(1/25/10)-
The number of deaths in the United States for 2007 was 2,423,995 (preliminary
data). The age-adjusted death rate reached a record low of 760.3 per 100,000
population in 2007.
The
death rate is now 43 percent lower than in 1960. The change can be attributed
to the ongoing reductions in death rates from major causes of death such as
heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and stroke.
Life
expectancy at birth reached a record high of 77.9 years. 72.5 percent of all
deaths occurred among those aged 65 and over (1,759,472 deaths), and 29.5
percent occurred at age 85 and over.(NCHS Data Brief,
#26, Dec 2009)
(10/22/09)-
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the 85+ age group of the population is
the single fastest growing population segment. The number of individuals in
this group is expected to reach seven million in 2020, up from four million in
2000. This segment is estimated to reach 21 million by 2050.
Life
expectancy has increased from 69.7 years in 1960 to 77.8 years in 2006 and this
figure is projected to grow to 78.3 in 2010 and 79.5 in 2020.
Please
see our item dated 9/16/09 below for some slightly different figures from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Heart
disease is the leading cause of death for individuals aged 65 and over,
accounting for 28% of all deaths in this age group. Cancer accounts for 22%,
stroke 7%, chronic lower respiratory diseases 6%, Alzheimer's disease 4% and
all other causes 33%. (NCHS Data Brief #26, Dec. 2009).
(9/16/09)-
The average age of the world's population is increasing at an unprecedented
rate. The number of people worldwide age 65 and older is estimated at 506
million as of midyear 2008; by 2040, that number will hit 1.3 billion. Thus, in
just over 30 years, the proportion of older people will double from 7 percent
to 14 percent of the total world population, according to a new report,
"An Aging World: 2008."
U.S.
life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years,
according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The
increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all the leading causes
of deaths. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 (77.9 years) is
nearly three months greater than for children born in 2006 (77.7 years).
Death
rates are at a record low in the United States according to the same report.
Age-adjusted death rates decreased significantly for 8 of the 15 leading causes
of death. The decrease in death rate held across all races and ethnicities,
with black males showing the largest decrease- more than 4%. The drop occurred
in all age groups except infants under 1 year old, where rates were unchanged.
(9/4/06)-
The average age at which people are dying today in the United States is 68.5
for men, and 76.1 for women, according to Arialdi M.
Minio of the National Center for Health Statistics. This differs from life
expectancy, which estimates how long people born today are expected to live,
(9/18/99)-
At birth, the American woman's life expectancy is now 79.1 years and a male's
life expectancy is 73.1 years. According to statistics from the Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation women account for 54% of the Medicare beneficiaries from the
age of 65 to 74, and account for 61% of the beneficiaries between the ages of
75 to 84. Women make up over 2/3rds of the nursing home population and 2/3rds
of the users of home health care services.
According
to statistics from the Older Women's League nearly 7 out of 10 Medicare
beneficiaries who live below the Federal poverty level ($7,740 a year in 1996)
are women. Seventeen % of the women on Medicare have incomes below this Federal
poverty level.
As of
1995, it was estimated that the US population was 48.8% male and 87.4%
non-black, with a median age of 34.3 (33.1 for males, 35.4 for females). The
median age was up from 28 in 1970. In 1995, 28.9% of the population was under
twenty, and 12.7% was age 65 and over, up from 9.8% in 1970. In 1995, about 63%
of males and 59% of females 18 years and older were married, contrasting with
74% and 70%, respectively, in 1970. In 1990,
about 6.7 million Americans lived in "group quarters" including 1.8 million
persons in nursing homes and 1.9 million in college dorms. In 1994 over 1
million Americans were imprisoned.
See Article on Selecting a Nursing Home
For
1994, the crude death rate (total deaths per 1000 population) in the US was
8.8. This compares with a rate of 9.6 for 1950, 9.5 for 1970, 8.8 for 1980, but
8.2 for 1992. Mortality is relatively high during the first years of life; it
drops by increasing age groups to a relatively low level until the mid-40s and
then begins to climb again.
Males
have a higher mortality rate than females at all ages. Thus, as the average age
of the population increases, the female/male ratio increases as well.
In 1996,
the 10 leading causes of death by disease-specific diagnosis categories
(including "symptoms and ill-defined conditions and
"all other diseases") were heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia and influenza (primarily pneumonia),
diabetes mellitus, all other infection and parasitic diseases, human
immunodeficiency virus infection and suicide.
See Article on Respiratory Infections
McGinniss
and Foege (1990) went beyond the classic list of death associated
disease-specific diagnosis to the identification of the major external
(non-genetic) factors known to be causally associated with death. They were
able to attribute approximately half of all deaths occurring in 1991 to the
following 10 risk factors; tobacco use (400,000 deaths), diet and activity
(300,000), alcohol use (100,000), microbial agents (90,000), toxic agents
(60,000), firearms (35,000), sexual behavior (30,000), motor vehicle use
(25,000) and use of "illicit drugs" primarily heroin and cocaine
(20,000).
In
1994, the marriage rate stood at 9.1 per 1000 population, down from 10.6 in
1970. The divorce rate, which had been at 5.2 per 1000 population in 1980, was
4.6 in 1994, slightly over 50% of the marriage rate. Even as the marriage rate
has dropped in time, the proportion entering in divorce has increased slightly.
In
1995, one in six Americans-41 million people- had a chronic condition needing
long-term care services. Of these more than 12 million said they needed
assistance to perform activities and were unable to attend school, work or live
independently. Eighty (80) percent of them reported that they needed assistance
to live at home or in community residential settings. The remaining 20% were
residing in institutions. Of the total 12 million who needed assistance, 57%
were over 65 years of age, but 5 million (40%) were working-age adults.
Children and youth represented 3% (400,000) of those needing long-term care
services.
There
are about 78 million baby boomers and starting after June 1996, about 10,000 of
these boomers will turn 50 years old everyday. Those
over the age of 75 years old are in the fastest-growing segment of the US
population and by the year 2000 will constitute almost half of the elderly
population.
Last
year, the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in the US was 2.32 million (ranges
1.09 to 4.58 million) with approximately 68% women and 32% men (there are more
women because of lower mortality rate). At this point, 4.3% of 75-year-olds,
8.5% of all 80 year-olds, 16% of all 85 year-olds and
28% of all 90 year-olds live with Alzheimer’s disease. This places
approximately 43% of all people with Alzheimer’s disease between 75 & 85
years of age.
More
than 50% of outpatients treated at a dementia clinic exhibit problematic
behaviors (aggressiveness, delusions, agitation, anxiety, and depression) and
about 20% of patients with Alzheimer’s disease are physically aggressive.
See Demographics Part II-Cancer Statistics
Update
See Articles on Alzheimer's Disease
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PERSONAL ARTICLE ON PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS WHEN SELECTING A NURSING HOME SEE OUR
ARTICLE "Selecting a Nursing Home"
By
Harold Rubin, MS, ABD, CRC, Guest Lecturer
updated December 25, 2022.
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