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More Americans Have Multiple Health Problems

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  • Saturday, May 25 2013 7:47 PM EDT2013-05-25 23:47:22 GMT
    One man died and another is behind bars Saturday after a son shoots and kills his father at their Overlook Drive home in Stanaford.Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies said 23-year-old Donald Gray Dunn, Jr.
    One man died and another is behind bars Saturday after a son shoots and kills his father at their Overlook Drive home in Stanaford.Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies said 23-year-old Donald Gray Dunn, Jr.

New government statistics show 21 percent of adults 45 to 64 years old have two or more chronic conditions like diabetes, cancer and hypertension.

That's up from 16 percent a decade ago.  45 percent of them have at least two chronic conditions.