Facts
www.elderrespect.org on Nov 13th 2010 10:11 pm
- The United States has an average life expectancy of 78.2 years (75.6 for males and 80.8 for females).
- This is the 38th highest expectancy worldwide.
- The highest life expectancy is Japan’s at 82.6 years (79.0 for males and 86.1 for females).
- The age at which full retirement benefits are available depends on the birth year. Those born before 1938 have a retirement age of 65. This age increases by two months for each year after until 1943 (age 66). For those born after 1955, the age again increases by two months for each year until 1960, when it reaches 67.
- The proportion of people over 65 in America increased from 4 in 1900 to 12 in 2000.
- According to the US Census Bureau, 13 of the population will be 65 by the end of 2010
- According to the US Census Bureau, there will be 9 million Americans over the age of 85 by 2030.
- The oldest confirmed person to have ever lived is Jeanne Calment, who died at 122 years, 164 days in 1997.
- Bernando LaPallo (109) is the world’s oldest blogger. He wrote his first book, Age less/Live More: Achieving Health and Vitality at 107 and Beyond at the age of 107.
- Nola Ochs is the oldest college graduate, getting her degree at the age of 98.
- Excessive alcohol can cause either accelerated aging or exaggerated aging. In the first type, aging symptoms appear earlier than expected. In the second, symptoms appear at the regular time in an exaggerated form.
- In general, women have an average life expectancy than men. However, this differs from country to country.
- According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, the estimate of the percentage of elderly-caregivers who are women ranges from 59 to 75.
- According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, the average elderly-caregiver is a married female, aged 46, with an income of 35,000.
- 86 of the one million residents in assisted living pay for their care out of their personal funds.
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