Senior Solutions: Facts about Seniors

Facts about senior citizens

1. About one third of the elder population older than the age of 65 falls each year, and the risk of falls increases proportionally with age. At 80 years old, more than half of seniors fall annually
2. There are 789,691 blind seniors in the US.
3. In the US on Nov. 1st, 2005, there were an estimated 67,473 centenarians (seniors aged 100+.)
4. 43 percent of working seniors work in management, professional, and related occupations.
5. Despite needing less calories due to a slowing of metabolism, seniors need more nutrients.
6. There are 48.3 million seniors in the world today

Sources: medindia.net, livestrong.com, www.census.gov, learnnottofall.com, actionfund.org.