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

The given bar chart compares data about the proportion of people whose ages were in 3 various groups namely, 65-74, 75-84, and more than 85 from 1900 to 2000.

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it was important that the fraction of the older generation and people who were in 3 different groups increased over the period of one century.

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the diagram, in the beginning, the fraction of elderly populations, who were more than 65 years old, hit 4.1%;

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it rose significantly and reached the maximum at 12.6% in 1990;

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, it reduced slightly to 12.4% in 2000. Communities whose ages were between 65 and 74 had the highest percentage at all times. At the start, they scored 2.9% in 1900;

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they leapt moderately to 6.1% in 1960;

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they were constant until 1970.

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, they climbed fractionally to 7.3 in1990, the peak mark, but they declined to 6.5 in 2000. The graph demonstrates that individuals who were between 75 and 84 recorded 1% in 1900 and after that, they went up somewhat to 4.4% in 2000.

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, the more than 85-year-old population reported a tiny fraction in 1900;

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they grew marginally to 1.5% in 2000.