http://www.aoa.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2000_Documents/entire_report.pdf

This new interagency report, Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of well being (Older Americans) provides a unified picture of the health and well being of older population. This publication provides 31 key indicators about older Americans, categorized into five broad groups: population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care. Each indicator includes: an introductory paragraph that describes the relevance of the indicator to the well-being of the older population; one or more charts that graphically display analyses of the data; and bulleted highlights of salient findings from the data and other sources. There are appendixes for the data used to develop each indicator presented in table format; for Data source descriptions; and for a glossary. This is the first char book prepared by the Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (Forum), a coalition of nine Federal agencies (Administration on Aging; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Census Bureau; Health Care Financing Administration; National Center for Health Statistics; National Institute on Aging; Office of Management and Budget; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services; and Social Security Administration).