Another important point: do not give Kaopectate or Pepto-Bismol to children or teenagers who have a fever without first contacting your childâs doctor. They belong to a group of medicines called âsalicylates.â Youngsters who receive aspirin or other salicylates during a viral infection may develop Reyeâs syndrome.
For a single person in the United States the poverty level is defined as $11,490 annual earnings by the 2013 Federal Poverty Level guidelines. The poverty level for a family o â¦ f four is defined as $23,500 annually.
Most Americans will spend at least one year below the poverty line at some point between ages 25 and 75. Poverty rates are persistently higher in rural and inner city parts of the country as compared to suburban areas. In 2009, 13.2% (39.8 million) Americans lived in poverty. Starting in the 1930s, relative poverty rates have consistently exceeded those of other wealthy nations. California has a poverty rate of 23.8%, the highest of any state in the country. This is updated from the November 2012 estimate of 23.6. In 2009 the number of people who were in poverty was approaching 1960s levels that led to the national War on Poverty.