41.   Such activity is part of a powerful new development among an elderly population that is becoming far more physically active.

42.   The analysis also supports previous reports that showed precincts with high minority and elderly populations had high error rates.

43.   The authors said the nation was unprepared for the growing burden that chronic conditions would impose as the elderly population increased.

44.   The elderly population is expanding.

45.   The elderly populations in eight states are expected to more than double.

46.   The Gore camp also rushed out a new ad about the gaffe to run in Florida and Pennsylvania, two battleground states with large elderly populations.

47.   The Gore campaign considers Medicare a major issue partly because it plays well in key states like Florida that have large elderly populations.

48.   The precedents on cost-reporting fraud were particularly strong there, and, because of the elderly population, juries were more sympathetic to allegations of Medicare fraud.

49.   The picture of a robust elderly population that emerges from these surveys is confirmed by a different kind of study, one that looks at the ability to work.

50.   The shortfall is due largely to demographic changes over the coming decades when there will be fewer workers to support the growing elderly population.