42 U.S.C. § 3057b

1. (1)are a rapidly increasing population;
2. (2)suffer from high unemployment;
3. (3)live in poverty at a rate estimated to be as high as 61 percent;
4. (4)have a life expectancy between 3 and 4 years less than the general population;
5. (5)lack sufficient nursing homes, other long-term care facilities, and other health care facilities;
6. (6)lack sufficient Indian area agencies on aging;
7. (7)frequently live in substandard and over-crowded housing;
8. (8)receive less than adequate health care;
9. (9)are served under this subchapter at a rate of less than 19 percent of the total national population of older individuals who are Indians living on Indian reservations; and
10. (10)are served under subchapter III at a rate of less than 1 percent of the total participants under that subchapter.