TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Geriatric Patient A1 - Yelon, Jay A. A2 - Moore, Ernest E. A2 - Feliciano, David V. A2 - Mattox, Kenneth L. PY - 2017 T2 - Trauma, 8e AB - According to census projections, the elderly population in the United States, defined as age more than 65 years, is experiencing the largest growth in history. Members of the post-World War II “baby boom” (75 million people born from 1946 to 1964) were 46–64 years old in 2010. By the year 2030, the elderly population will number 38 million and, by 2050, 1 in 5 Americans will be elderly.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147419325 ER -