State Findings: Kentucky, 2022, 2022 Senior Report
Strengths
- Low prevalence of excessive drinking
- High percentage of older adults with a dedicated health care provider
- Low prevalence of severe housing problems
Challenges
- High prevalence of frequent physical distress
- High prevalence of full-mouth teeth extractions
- High prevalence of smoking
Highlights
- Low-care nursing home residents increased 122% from 5.8% to 12.9% of residents between 2019 and 2020
- Drug deaths increased 64% from 5.3 to 8.7 deaths per 100,000 adults ages 65+ between 2008-2010 and 2018-2020
- Pneumonia vaccination increased 11% from 65.6% to 72.9% of adults ages 65+ between 2012 and 2020
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