• The percent of the population under 65 years of age with no health insurance coverage fluctuated about 16–18 percent between 1994 and 2003
• The 55–64 age group is projected to increase by 11 million persons over the 2004–2014 period, to 40 million persons by 2014
• Between 1995–96 and 2002–03 the rate of cholesterol-lowering drugs prescribed during physician and hospital outpatient department visits among men 55–64 years of age almost tripled and among women increased more than three-fold
• In 2002–03 more than one-half of adults 55–64 years of age were employed with 17 percent retired and 12 percent unemployed due to disability

• Male teens are more likely than females to die in a motor vehicle crash
  • about 2 out of 3 crash death victims ages 13 to 19 in 2003 were males.
• According to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Study of 2003, high school males are more likely than their female counterparts to report driving after drinking (15 percent versus 9 percent, respectively) and are less likely to wear a seat belt (22 percent versus 15 percent never or rarely wear a seat belt, respectively).
• There has been a substantial decline in fatal motor vehicle crashes for teens in the last several decades, with males experiencing a larger decline than females.
  • Rates among teens ages 15 to 19 have decreased 42 percent for males and 17 percent for females between 1980 and 2002. 
• For teens ages 15 to 19, the motor vehicle crash rate per 100,000 was 42 in 1980, declined to 33 per 100,000 in 1990, and continued to decline at a slower rate to 25 per 1,000 in 1999.
• Seat belt use among youth ages 16 to 24 has steadily increased in the last decade, from 53 percent in 1994 to 77 percent in 2004.

U.S. Census Bureau: Minority groups and women are increasing their business ownership at a much higher rate than the national average, according to new tabulations titled "Preliminary Estimates of Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race: 2002," from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2002 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) released today.

• While the number of U.S. businesses increased by 10 percent between 1997 and 2002 to 23 million, the rate of growth for minority- and women-owned businesses was far higher,
  • ranging from 67 percent for native Hawaiian- and other Pacific islander-owned businesses to
  • 20 percent for firms owned by women. 

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