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Health & Well-Being » Chronic Illness

Why It's Important

Cures for chronic illness are rarely available, leaving many people to live with disease on a long-term basis and learn methods to manage their symptoms better. Disease-management strategies that include healthy lifestyle behaviors, adhering to strict medication regimens, and routine medical assessment and disease monitoring can improve individual health and reduce overall health care costs for some chronic conditions. However, disease management may be complex and difficult for both patients and providers.


Community-dwelling older adults in who have chronic conditions may face long-term illness, diminished quality of life, increased health care costs and difficulty conducting activities of daily living. Disability and the need for long-term care are not inevitable consequences of aging. Older people, however, are more likely to have chronic illness and functional impairment that hinder their ability to lead an active and independent life.

 

See Data By: Richmond MSA | Virginia | National

How Richmond Is Doing

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How Virginia Is Doing

According to recent data from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in a report titled, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System:

Health Trends for Virginia

(CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM SURVEY DATA)

 

How the U.S. Is Doing

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER):

  • 60 percent of 51- to 56-year-old Boomer men born from 1948 to 1953 had chronic health problems, compared with 53 percent of the cohort born from 1936 to 1941 at the same ages.

Percentage of people age 65 and over who reported having selected chronic conditions, by sex, 2005-2006

Data & Information Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.cdc.gov/BRFSS/

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics

http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/main_site/default.aspx

National Bureau of Economic Research, 1990

http://nber15.nber.org/bookcv_chicago/9780226116099_web.pdf

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/