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Post by jeffolie on Nov 7, 2014 18:52:58 GMT -6
November 06, 2014 Surviving to Age 80 Most Americans can expect to live well into old age. It wasn't always this way. In 1901, only 13.5 percent of newborns could expect to live to age 80 based on age-specific mortality rates of that year. By 1950, the chance of a newborn living to age 80 had climbed to 29.3 percent. In 2000, the probability exceeded 50 percent for the first time. By 2010, the 57.2 percent majority of newborns could expect to live to age 80. But the chance of living to age 80 differs greatly by sex, race and Hispanic origin... Percentage surviving to age 80 based on 2010 mortality rates 71.2% of Hispanic females 64.0% of non-Hispanic White females 57.4% of Hispanic males 57.2% of total people 55.0% of Black females 50.9% of non-Hispanic White males 38.3% of Black males Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Mortality Data, United States Life Tables 2010 demomemo.blogspot.com/
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Nov 8, 2014 0:40:36 GMT -6
Neither of my parents made it that far, though my father did make it to 79.
Having already had a small Heart Attack myself, I doubt I'll make it very much past 80-- assuming I make it that far.
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