Aging Demographics

From the Southeast Tennessee Development District Draft 2015 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy:

By 2030, the region’s population over the age of 65 will increase from approximately 127,000 to 202,000.
31.5% of the region’s adults are obese.
32.1% perform no leisure physical activity.
1 in 5 adults smokes.
17.2% of the population has a disability.
1 in 5 residents receive federal nutrition assistance.
Nearly every county outside Hamilton exceeds the national health care provider-to-patient ratio for primary care physicians, dentists, and mental health providers.
The region’s teen birth rate is nearly twice the national average.
Counties in the CEDS region are among the most unhealthy in their respective states.

	Catoosa	Dade	Walker	Bledsoe	Bradley	Grundy	Hamilton	McMinn	Marion	Meigs	Polk	Rhea	Sequatchie	Region
2013	10,039	2,665	11,075	2,256	15,645	2,698	54,503	9,633	5,027	2,211	3,102	5,568	2,707	127,129
2030	18,500	4,400	18,200	3,707	26,837	4,027	89,283	16,312	8,183	4,199	5,194	9,831	5,587	202,290
Increase	84.30%	65.10%	64.30%	64.30%	71.50%	49.30%	63.80%	69.30%	62.80%	89.90%	67.40%	76.60%	106.40%	68.50%

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