21.   Elderly populations in the United States and Europe have grown so large that governments have been forced to consider reducing individual pension benefits to cover rising costs.

22.   Each year, as the elderly population increases, the number of older Americans who are in some way disabled grows.

23.   Experts say the increase in older problem gamblers is likely to continue, in part because the elderly population is on the rise.

24.   Equally important is revamping benefits to reflect the prescription drug needs of the elderly population.

25.   Extending the federal model to a large elderly population, many of them with severe health problems, would not be easy.

26.   Flynn said the elderly population suffers mental depression at higher rates than younger people.

27.   Generally, minorities and women have not done as well on most indicators of well-being as the overall elderly population.

28.   Gilding this poisonous lily, the elderly population will be, on average, considerably older than it is today, and a greater percentage will need custodial care.

29.   He recently returned from the Ukraine where he was surveying the needs of the elderly population in the region.

30.   He said Democratic appeals about protecting Medicare had also played well with the sizable elderly population in this state.