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Epidemiology:
- 10% of elderly > 65 years of age have income below the poverty line
- living alone more often characteristic of elderly living in poverty
- women more often than men live in poverty
- hispanic & black elderly more likely than whites to live in poverty
- rates of poverty increase with age: 8.7% age 65-74, 12.7% > 85 years of age
Complications:
- current poverty is associated increased risk of mortality (RR=1.42) [3]
- cumulative poverty (always in poverty) associated increased risk of mortality (RR=1.71) [3]
Specific
childhood poverty
impecunity
References
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9)
Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2016
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 10th edition (GRS10)
Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2019
- Brady D et al.
Novel estimates of mortality associated with poverty in the US.
JAMA Intern Med 2023 Apr 17; [e-pub]
PMID: 37067817
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2804032