Discuss demographic trends related to aging in the United States. How do gender and race factor into the issues of an aging population?
What will be an ideal response?
Feedback: During the last century, the birthrate in the United States fell (except for the baby boom after World War II, now reaching retirement age). At the same time, Americans have greater longevity because of advances in medical technology and nutrition. Life expectancy for Americans in 2012 was nearly twice what it was 1900. The result is an increasingly aging population. Women live longer than men, and elderly women are much more likely to be poor than elderly men; isolation and poverty are both problems for elderly women. Elderly Latinos and African Americans are also more likely to be poor than elderly Whites.
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