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<br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />06/02/97 <br /> <br />Diversity & Disparity <br /> <br />'.' Older Adults will live longer <br />.:. More older single women <br />.:. Higher poverty in the persons 85+ <br />,. More disabilities in persons 65+ <br /> <br />North Carolinians sixty years of age today can expect to live an additional 20.8 <br />years. In some ways, aging becomes a "women's issue" because in the 85+ age <br />group 74% will be women and 76.5% of the women will be unmarried. In <br />addition, those women over age 75 will be twice as likely to live in poverty as <br />men ofthe same age. 45.7% of the non-institutionalized population age 65+ <br />report one or more disabilities <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />~-2- <br />