"Living to the Young Age of 100"

[Rich Parsons]

From the Magazine "Living Southern Style"

The article titled: "Living to the Young Age of 100", by Carol Segrave,

Website: http://www.livingsouthernstylemagazine.com/

The article is three pages and discusses the fastest growing demographics in the USA. Those over 100. Currently from the US Census Bureau, 7/1/02
(* Article references this website: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Dept/Home.aspx?DepartmentID=361 *)

In 2002 there were over 76,000 people over 100, with the expectation of 129,000 in the year 2010.

I am curious if people are making plans to live this long?

To help you the article also provided a chart for age:
(* Note: I am only copying, and do not know the reasoning *)

Begin with 78 (* The average life expectency today *) and add or subtract the following:

+1 All four Grand Parents over 70
+1 Both Parents over 70
+1 Both Parents over 80
+1 First-Born
+1 Education High School
+1 Education beyond High School
+1 Average Intelligence
+2 Superior Intellignece
+3 Stay Employed after 65 (Part-time, volunteer)
+2 Right Weight / Under Weight
-2 Over Weight
-2 Relative has Heart Disease
-1 You have heart disease
+5 Do not Smoke
-5 You Smoke or are around others who smoke
+3 Regular Exercise
-3 Do not Exercise
+1 Sleep 6 to 8 hours a night
-2 Under Sleep / Over Sleep
+2 Sexually Active
+1 Physical exam regularly
-1 Major Disease
+1 Good Health
+1 Adequate / Moderate income
+1 Marries / living with someone
-3 Living Alone
+2 One Close friend.

Just curious

 

[shesulsa]

90.

 

[Cryozombie]

Woo Hoo 65!

 

[OUMoose]

94!? Ugh... *starts buying all the stock he can in Depends...*

 

[hardheadjarhead]

91.

Yeah...right. I'll die by seventy-four of a stroke, with all the shots to the head I've taken.


Regards,


Steve

 

[Sam]

91.

Yeah...right. I'll die by seventy-four of a stroke, with all the shots to the head I've taken.

Yeah but at least you won't be alone. I bet there's some people around here who've taken as many head shots as you... I got 98... ouch.

 

[TonyM.]

92! Good Lord! I already frighten children.

 

[arnisador]

I got 96...it seems to be rating people fairly high. Good, I like an optimistic age calculator!

 

[Rich Parsons]

I got 96...it seems to be rating people fairly high. Good, I like an optimistic age calculator!

I got 99 without counting the Sexually active and or the working after 65. I plan to teach Martial Arts past that point, but I am not there yet. If I counted both of those it would 104.

 

[TigerWoman]

I got 98, could improve on that if I got a job after 65. huh! I would rather enjoy my life, tour the country, the world etc. Well, am working part, part-time as a bookkeeper. Do hobbies count? Does TKD instructor for a few hours a week count? Both of my grandparents lived well over 90. My mom is 87. Do we really want to live to 100????? At the rate I'm going with exercise, I won't have any knees to even walk on. TW

 

[ginshun]

87.

We'll see I supose.