Compared to previous generations, older adults are more likely to experience a variety of health ailments According to Penn State and Texas State University research, later-born generations of older adults in the United States are more likely to have more chronic health disorders than the generatio
According to the research, older persons who were born more recently are more likely to report having more chronic conditions overall and to have those problems start earlier in life.
The findings, according to Steven Haas, an associate professor of sociology and demography at Penn State, are consistent with other recent studies that indicate the health of more recent generations in the U.S. is generally worse than that of their predecessors.pandemic, we were beginning to see declines in life expectancy among middle-aged Americans, a reversal of more than a century-long trend,” Haas said. “Furthermore, the past 30 years has seen population health in the U.S.
“For example, when comparing those born between 1948-65 – referred to as Baby Boomers — to those born during the later years of the Great Depression at similar ages,” Haas said, “Baby Boomers exhibited a greater number of chronic health conditions. Baby Boomers also reported two or more chronic health conditions at younger ages.”
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