Fig. 1: Growth of senior population and chronic disease burden.
From: Healthcare on the brink: navigating the challenges of an aging society in the United States

This figure illustrates the expected growth of the senior population and the associated increase in chronic disease burden. Raw data sourced from “2023 National Population Projections Tables: Main Series”, which utilizes official estimates of resident population on July 1, 2022 as the base for projecting the U.S. population from 2023 to 2100 (panel a) and Boersma, et al., “Prevalence of Multiple Chronic Conditions Among U.S. Adults, 2018” (panel b).