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Prevalence of selected chronic health conditions among U.S. adults in middle and later life (percentages): As people travel into their seventies and eighties, the rates of common age-related chronic diseases rise. Although every chronic illness can impair the ability to fully enjoy life, many common chronic diseases don’t actually result in death.
Data from: CDC (2009); National Center for Health Statistics (2008).