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Notes:
Like the other slides that compare NC Boomers to these other populations, this one is largely self-explanatory.
The primary reason that today’s older adults have lower smoking rates is that a higher proportion of smokers have already died. (That is, the number of people who have never smoked makes up a larger percentage of the older population.)
The finding that boomers are less likely to have a regular, vigorous program of exercise than older adults, does NOT refer to older adults when they were the boomers’ ages. Older adults are working out more than the boomers are now.
