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Monday, Nov. 13, 2006 | 7:34 a.m.

In Nevada, according to 2006 estimates, there are between 720,000 to 740,000 people age 50 and older. A UNLV study of this group found the following observations:

5 percent of residents over the age of 50 are native Nevadans; 60% of the respondents have been here fewer than 20 years

$22,000

Average expenditures per year for basics (housing, utilities, food, prescription drugs, entertainment)

52 percent of those surveyed were being treated for a chronic ailment

28 percent of Nevada's population are seniors

37

percent increase in over-50 population in Nevada from 2000 to 2006; overall population increased 30 percent

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