This article is an INSULT to geezers everywhere. Our 95 year old neighbor thinks we are merely children. Certainly, boomers are not NEAR-ELDERLY. Maybe we ain't kids anymore, but give us a break!
Turn up the music, burn some cars, riot! Be in bed by nine.....
Don't mess with my social security!
Many boomers facing health woes
Associated PressDec. 9, 2005 12:00 AM
U.S. life expectancy has hit another all-time high, 77.6 years, and deaths from heart disease, cancer and stroke continue to drop, the government reported Thursday.Nonetheless, the march of medical progress has taken a worrisome turn: Half of Americans in the 55-to-64 age group, including the oldest of the baby boomers, have high blood pressure, and two in five are obese. That means they are in worse shape in some respects than Americans born a decade earlier were when they were that age.The health of this large group of the near-elderly is of major concern to American taxpayers because they are now becoming eligible for Medicare and Social Security.
The report presents data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics and dozens of other health agencies and organizations.Among the new data: Deaths from heart disease, cancer and stroke, the nation's three leading killers, dropped in 2003 between 2 percent and 5 percent.Also, Americans' life expectancy increased again in 2003. According to the government's calculations, a child born in 2003 can expect to live 77.6 years on average, up from 77.3 the year before. In 1990, life expectancy was 75.4.For men, life expectancy in 2003 was 74.8, for women 80.1.Life expectancy in the U.S. has been rising almost without interruption since 1900. Those trends may allow life expectancy to continue to inch up despite the increases in obesity and high blood pressure.
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