HSN Report Seniors August, 2003. Statistical Question ??? Your retirement fund went up 60% last year and went down 40% this year. Your up 20% right??

HSN Report

Seniors

August, 2003

Statistical Question ???

Your retirement fund went up 60% last year and went down 40% this year. Your up 20% right??

Answer: Wrong!

Year 1 - $100 x 1.6 = $160

Year 2 -40% of 160 = (64)

Result = 160 – 64 = $96

What is making us sick?(Other than that retirement account)

Number and rate/10,000 of leading preventable hospitalizations, Hillsdale residents age 65+, 2000Cause Number HD

Rate MI Rate

Cong. Heart Failure 180 290.7 244.4 Bacterial Pneumonia 112 184.6 169.3 COPD 110 152.6 115.2 Kidney/Urinary 37 65.9 60.9 Angina 23 45.1 23.3 Cellulitis 19 30.8 30.6 Diabetes 9 23.1 24.4

Percentage of preventable hospitalizations by age group, Hillsdale, 2000Source: Michigan Resident Inpatient Files

10.4%

10.7%

23.2%

24.7%

13.6%

17.8%

<1818-4445-6464-7475-8485+

Percentage of preventable hospitalizations by age group, Hillsdale 2000 vs. 2001Source: MDCH Hospitalization files

10.4 11.1

1.1 1.8

9.6 10.1

17.8

23.9

61.3

53.3

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Per

cent

age

< 18 19-24 25-44 45-64 65+

20002001

Current smokers – Seniors 65+Michigan vs. USSource: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2002

10.2 11.1 9.9 10.3 9.6 9.7 8.610

8.610

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5

10

15

20

25

30

Pe

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nt

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Michigan

US

Percentage of Hillsdale seniors who ever received a flu or pneumonia shot, 2001 Senior Needs Survey vs. 2002 Senior Needs Survey

82.1% 83.1%70.7%

73.9%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Flu Pneumonia

Seniors - 2001Seniors - 2002

Educational opportunities for Hillsdale County seniors

Adult Education JCC Elder Hostel Lifelong learning at

Hillsdale County Senior Services Center (HCSSC)

Percentage of Hillsdale residents age 65 or older who died and a high school diploma was noted on the death certificate, 1990-2001Source: MDCH Death File

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Pe

rce

nt

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Number of reports of suspected abuse/neglect and crimes against the elderly in Hillsdale CountySource: Hillsdale FIA Annual Report

Year

99/00 00/01

Number of cases investigated 71 79

Number of referrals substantiated 29 25

In-home services for the elderly in Hillsdale CountySource: Hillsdale County Senior Center

For the period October 2001 through September 2002 Hillsdale Sr. Center provided 403 unduplicated in-home services to seniors in Hillsdale County

Hillsdale seniors receiving SSI by type of payment- Total sr. population is approx. 6,200, 112 is 1.8% of that populationSource: US Social Security Administration

64 70

134

6270

132

5265

117

44

68

112

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Nu

mb

er

1998 1999 2000 2001

Aged

Blind/Disabled

Total 65+

Percentage of Hillsdale seniors receiving QMBYand

SLMBY (Medicaid assistance for Medicare premiums)

Source: FIA As of April 2003 there were 386 seniors in Hillsdale who are receiving Medicaid assistance for their Medicare premiums. This represents approximately 6% of seniors living in Hillsdale County.

Percentage of Hillsdale seniors, age 65+, in povertySource: 1990,2000 U.S. Census

13.1

10.912.8

8.7 8.2

9.9

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

1990 2000

HillsdaleMIU.S.

Percent of in poverty by age group in Hillsdale County, 2000Source: 2000 U.S. Census

11.5

15.518

9.3

13.216

7.49.6

12

8.78.2

10

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Per

cent

age

0-5 6 to 17 18 to 64 65+

Age group

HillsdaleMIU.S.

Growing and growing and growing and …A population explosion?

Age 65+ population estimates, Hillsdale County 1990-2020, by sex, totalSource: Michigan Information Center

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Nu

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er

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Year

MaleFemale

Age 85+ population estimates, Hillsdale County 1990-2020Source: Michigan Information Center

0100200300400500600700800900

1000

Num

ber

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Year

Age 85+MaleFemale

Finished?(Step 1 – a look at the data)

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

MARTIN FISCHER