We're getting sicker: More Americans have a chronic health condition

[sinkingfeeling]

http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/31/13053268-were-getting-sicker-more-americans-have-a-chronic-health-condition?lite

More than one in five middle-aged U.S. adults, and nearly half of adults over age 65, have more than one chronic health condition, such as hypertension and diabetes, according to a new government report.

The report said that in 2010, 21.3 percent of women and 20.1 percent of men between ages 45 and 64 had at least two chronic health conditions. In 2000, the rate among men was 15.2 percent, and among women it was 16.9 percent.

Increases were also seen in adults older than 65, with 49 percent of men and 42.5 percent of women reporting in 2010 that they had at least two chronic health conditions. In 2000, the rates were 39.2 percent of men and 35.8 percent of women.

The report also said that middle-aged adults with at least two chronic conditions had increasing difficulty, between 2000 and 2010, in getting the care and prescription drugs they needed because of cost. In 2010, 23 percent reported not receiving or delaying the medical care they needed, and 22 percent said they didn't get the prescriptions they needed. In 2000, these rates were 17 percent and 14 percent, respectively.

[texanwitch]

1. That is what happens without universal healthcare of some kind.

It is always cheaper to catch something early then to let it go.


The one percent do not care if the rest of us die of early.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. No, the American diet and lack of exercise is the primary cause of

hypertension and diabetes. Our food sources are probably the cause of the cancer.

[HereSince1628]

2. Not surprising to me. The baby-boomers are the poster children of the effects of chemistry

on health. The whole generation has been treated like beta testing lab-rats.