Helping Older Adults Meet Nutritional Challenges

Figures & data

TABLE 1. Life Expectancy and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head of Selected Countries (Adapted from The Economist, 2007)

Country	Life Expectancy in years Projected 2005–2010	Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head in US dollars in 2004
Swaziland	29.1 (World's lowest)	5,640
Malawi	41.1	650
Nigeria	44.2	1,150
Tanzania	46.6	670
United States	77.9	39,680
Canada	80.7	31,260
Japan	82.8	29,250
Andorra	83.5 (World's highest)	26,290

TABLE 2. Nursing Home Residents among People Aged 65 and by Age and Sex: 1999 (Adapted from He et al., 2005)

Age in years	Men	Women
65–74	10.3	11.2
75–84	30.8	51.2
85 and older	116.5	210.5

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