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AGS Membership
AGS members represent the diversity of professions involved in the overall care for older adults. Our current membership is comprised primarily of geriatrics health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, researchers, medical educators, pharmacists, physician assistants, social workers, physical therapists, health care administrators, and others.
2005 AGS Membership Demographics
Total Membership
The AGS currently has over 6500 members.
Breakdown of 2005 Members
Total Membership: 6522
Physicians:
Healthcare Professionals:
Interim:
Residents/Fellows/Post Grad:
Students:
Emeritus/Retired:
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4244 (65%)
773 (12%)
466 (7%)
584 (9%)
297 (5%)
158 (2%)
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Physicians
Total: 4244
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Actual |
Percentage |
Internal Medicine:
Family Medicine:
Psychiatry:
Surgical Specialty:
Other: |
2,559
894
204
25
562
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60.3%
21.1%
4.8%
.6%
13.2%
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Healthcare Professionals
Total: 773
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Actual |
Percentage |
Nurses:
Physician Assistants:
Social Workers:
Pharmacists:
Academic PhD:
Other: |
263
3
32
70
109
296
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34.1%
.4%
4.1%
.9%
14.1%
38.3%
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Demographics of Aging and Implications for U.S. Health Care
Older Adult Population Growth
Improvements in health care services and technology, nutritional status, lifestyle, and other areas affecting our health, have contributed to an unprecedented growth in our older adult population. In less than 30 years, over 70 million Americans will be over 65 - the fastest growing segment of our population.
Chronic Conditions Affecting Older Adults
- About 700,000 Americans will have a stroke this year-that's someone every 45 seconds. In adults over age 55, the lifetime risk for stroke is greater than 1 in 6.
- More than 83 percent of people who die of Coronary Heart Disease are age 65 or older.
- One in 10 individuals over age 65 and nearly half over 85 are affected by Alzheimer's Disease.
- The risk for ovarian cancer peaks in the late 70s, and more than 70 percent of all prostate cancer cases are diagnosed in men over age 65.
- About half of all diabetes cases occur in people older than 55 years of age.
- Epilepsy now affects about 300,000 seniors nationwide.
- One in two women and one in four men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime.
- Today, 1.5 million Americans have Parkinson's Disease (PD), and each year 60,000 new cases are diagnosed.
Sources: American Heart Association, Alzheimer's Association, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, Epilepsy Foundation, National Osteoporosis Foundation, Parkinson's Action Network
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