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**Trends in Health and Aging******a database, which provides    up-to-date information on national trends and key variables that depict the health status    of older Americans.

**Longitudinal Studies of Aging,**    a family of surveys designed to measure changes in health status, health-related    behaviors, health care utilization, and the causes and consequences of these changes    within and across two cohorts of elderly Americans.    

**Federal    Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics,** promotes cooperation and    collaboration among Federal agencies in order to improve the quality and utility of data    on the aging population.

  
**National        Institute on Aging****Administration        on Aging****Agency        for Health Care Policy and Research****U.S.        Census Bureau****Health Care        Financing Administration, (HCFA)**
**Health,        United States, 2000**
 
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