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HPRB 3700 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONSAND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the 3 subgroups of "old"?Answer -young old (65-74)
-middle old (75-84)
-old old (85 +)
Which subgroup of old is growing fastest?Answer old old
What is aged?Answer the state of being old
What is aging?Answer changes that occur normally in plants and animals as they grow
older
What is gerontology?Answer the multidisciplinary study of the biological, psychological,
and social processes of aging and the elderly
What is geriatrics?Answer branch of medicine concerned with medical problems and
care of the elderly
What is a geriatrician?Answer a physician specializing in the care of patients with
multiple chronic diseases who may not be able to be cured but whose care can be
managed
What are elders?Answer those 65 years and older
What is ageism?Answer prejudice and discrimination against the aged
What is a Road Scholar?Answer educational and travel programs focused on lifelong
learning
What is demography?Answer the study of a population and those variables bringing
about change in that population
What is the median age?Answer age at which half the population is older and half is
younger
What was the median age in 2010?Answer 37.2; expected to be 39 in 2035
How is the population pyramid going to change and why?Answer going to become more
rectangular because people 18 and younger are decreasing and 85 and older are
increasing
What 3 factors affect the size and age of a population?Answer -fertility rates
-mortality rates
,-migration
How can the age of a population grow younger?Answer if fertility and mortality rates are
both high and life expectancy is low
What is the fertility rate?Answer the expression of the number of births per 1000 women
of childbearing age (15-44) in the population during a specific time period
When were fertility rates highest?Answer at beginning of 20th century and following
WWII (baby boom)
What are mortality rates?Answer deaths per 100,000 in the population
What does mortality rate interact with?Answer life expectancy
What is net migration?Answer population gain or loss resulting from migration
-usually population gain in US
When did the greatest immigration in the US occur?Answer between end of Civil War
and beginning of Great Depression; most people were of childbearing age
What is the dependency ratio?Answer compares the number of individuals whom
society considers economically unproductive (0-19 and 65+) to the number it considers
economically productive (19-64 typically)
What is the total dependence ratio?Answer the dependency ratio that includes both
youth and old
-add youth and old /# of people 20-64 x 100
What will happen to the total dependence ratio over time?Answer it will increase; ratio
of workers to dependents will be lower
What is the youth dependence ratio?Answer the dependency ratio that includes only
youth
What is the old-age dependency ratio?Answer the dependency ratio that includes the
old
What are encore careers?Answer when individuals transition out of their work careers
and into jobs and volunteer opportunities in the nonprofit and public sectors
What is the labor force ratio?Answer total # of those individuals not working to those
who are
What other variables affect the community and PH programs of older
Americans?Answer -marital status
-living arrangements
, -racial and ethnic composition
-geographic distribution
-economic status
-housing
How does marital status affect elders?Answer -most elderly men have a spouse for
assistance
-widowed women have more social support but may have a lowered financial status
-divorced elders may lack retirement benefits, insurance, and net worth assets
How do living arrangements affect elders?Answer -linked to income, health status, and
availability of caregivers
-1/4 of elders live with someone else
-more elders are going to live alone
What race were a majority of elders in 2010?Answer 80% white, 9% black, 7% hispanic
What's expected to happen to the elder racial and ethnic composition?Answer will grow
more diverse; more hispanics and less whites
Where do a majority of elders live?Answer 70% in metropolitan areas
What is the largest source of income for most elders?Answer social security
What are the 5 top causes of death for elders?Answer 1. heart disease
2. cancer
3. chronic lower respiratory disease
4. stroke
5. Alzheimers
__ are more likely than __ to have physical limitationsAnswer women; men
Most elders have at least __ chronic conditionsAnswer 1
-differ by gender and race
What are the most common chronic conditions among those 65 +?Answer -hypertension
-arthritis
-heart disease
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