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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.