The chart below shows the percentage of the total US population aged 65 and over between 1900 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph illustrates the gradual growth of the US elder

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divided into three different age ranges between 1900 and 2000. The general trend among all the group ages increases gradually and with a significant majority of the

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aged 65 and 75 years old. The main feature to look at is that people of all ages increases gradually starting in 1900 with 4% of the

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and peaking at more than 12% in 1990.

It is clear that

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a big part of the community is aged between 65 and 75 years old, almost double the other two ranges together. All the

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in the 75-84 range are the second majority on the chart compared to 1900 data, they doubled the numbers during 1990 and 2000. The minority of the

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is the ones aged more than 85,

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they increased significantly between 1970 and 2000.

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the graph, numbers tend to gradually increase and

it is clear that

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the majority is the society aged between 65-74 years compared to the rest.