In Bloomberg: Americans Are Retiring Later, Dying Sooner And Sicker In-Between

[Lilac]

"Here are the stats: The U.S. age-adjusted mortality rate—a measure of the number of deaths per year—rose 1.2 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to the Society of Actuaries. That’s the first year-over-year increase since 2005, and only the second rise greater than 1 percent since 1980."

"Americans in their late 50s already have more serious health problems than people at the same ages did 10 to 15 years ago, according to the journal Health Affairs. University of Michigan economists HwaJung Choi and Robert Schoeni used survey data to compare middle-age Americans’ health. A key measure is whether people have trouble with an “activity of daily living,” or ADL, such as walking across a room, dressing and bathing themselves, eating, or getting in or out of bed. The study showed the number of middle-age Americans with ADL limitations has jumped: 12.5 percent of Americans at the current retirement age of 66 had an ADL limitation in their late 50s, up from 8.8 percent for people with a retirement age of 65.


Americans Are Retiring Later, Dying Sooner and Sicker In-Between

 

[kayumochi]

I lived in Japan for many years before returning to the States and elderly Japanese who could and did do everything were ubiquitous ...

 

[charlie]

Declining health and life expectancy are good news for one constituency: Pension plans, which must send a monthly check to retirees for as long as they live.

 

[johnwester130]

this is terrifying

what do we do when 30% of the population develop alzheimers or cancer

 

[Westside PUFAs]

It's the food.

 

[charlie]

It's the food.

And high stress, tv programming, less pay, higher cost of living, modern day slavery, etc etc.

It's almost like it's a curse(it is).

 

[kayumochi]

this is terrifying

what do we do when 30% of the population develop alzheimers or cancer

the best thing any of us can do is not join them ...

 

[Tarmander]

Microwave towers going up at a rapid pace as well. Just 10 years ago they were few and far between. You didn't have to worry about your neighborhood being a hot spot, you could depend on a good nights rest and no intestinal upset.