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DocuSign Envelope ID:4FFDF545-B8C1-4ABF-A6A5-400656A36357 [ A - continued <br /> Provider's Outside Agency Application <br /> � <br /> 20%of persons age 65 and over are members of racial or ethnic <br /> minority populations, 16%of them are African-Americans. <br /> Race d Hi i Latino Origin, 65 and older, 2014 <br /> White 81.4% 84.5% <br /> Black or African American 15.8% 8.7% <br /> American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8y6 0.5% <br /> 1.1% 3 <br /> Asian ' '8% <br /> Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.1% <br /> Some other race 0.3Y6 1.5% <br /> Two or more races 0,6% 1.0% <br /> Hispanic or Latino origin(of any race 1.5%'SY6 7'3% <br /> White alone, not Hispanic or Latino 80.3% 79.1% <br /> Health Facts: <br /> * North Carolina currently(2015)has 160,000 adults 65 and over with <br /> Alzheimer's disease and this number is projected to rise to 210,000 by <br /> 2025.This disease is the fifth leading cause of death among people 65 <br /> and over. <br /> • Ofthepeop|e6Sandnvcr,amcopd|ngtothe8ehaviora| RiskFaotor <br /> Surveillance System(BRFSS)survey for 2014: <br /> o 82%had at least one chronic disease.54%of them had 2 or <br /> more chronic diseases; <br /> o <br /> Diseases of the heart(22.1%)and cancer(21.6%)were the <br /> leading causes of death; <br /> o 69%had an adult flu treatment,71%had a pneumonia shot <br /> and 36%either had shingles or the zoster vaccine; <br /> u 72%reported that they had not fallen in the past year; <br /> o 68%reported exercising in the past 30 days. <br /> Sources <br /> 1. Alzhelmer's AssocIation,2015 Altheimer's disease Facts and Figures.htto://www.aisarg/facts/ <br /> 2. North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management,population estimates and projections. http://www^sumoc.xvvitacts- <br /> ngvresWom«m'^n»icu <br /> 3. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics,BREsS. °ww.scx`.state.ocus4ata brfss 2014 <br /> 4. Census Bureau.American Community Survey,2014 one year estimate and 2010-2014 five year estimates.https:fiwww.census.govi <br /> *prepared by Swarna Reddy,NC DAAS,December 2015 <br /> 2 <br />