Posted on 06/04/2014 1:30:19 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Centenarians have found a way to beat the common diseases of old age, such as cancer and heart disease, research suggests.
The study by King's College London found they were more likely to die of infections such as pneumonia, unlike younger groups of elderly people.
Researchers said 28% of 100- to 115-year-olds died of "old age" and a fifth of pneumonia.
Cancer claimed the lives of fewer than 5% and heart disease fewer than 9%.
The study was based on an analysis of 36,000 death certificates.
By comparison, these diseases were the most common reasons for death among the 80- to 84-year-old age group, with cancer responsible for 25% of deaths and heart disease nearly a fifth.
Lead researcher Dr Catherine Evans said the findings raised important questions for health and care services.
"Centenarians have outlived death from chronic illness, but they are a group living with increasing frailty and vulnerability to pneumonia and other poor health outcomes.
"We need to plan for healthcare services that meet the 'hidden needs' of this group, who may decline rapidly if they succumb to an infection or pneumonia...
...According to latest Office for National Statistics data, there are more than 13,000 centenarians living in the UK, but by 2066 that number is expected to increase to more than 500,000...
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Just avoid deep meditation and Living Buddah naps.
Obama's death panels.
Makes sense. If your organs can make it to 100 they aren’t likely to just suddenly crap out at 105.
Joycelyn Elder’s biggest gaffe wasn’t the pro-masturbation “sex positive teaching” talk, it was admitting that under Hillarycare, “old people were just gonna die anyway” and that money would be better used on healthcare for the young who would be funding Social Security.
...but their caretaker children are not...
lol
“...but their caretaker children are not...”
What are you saying here?
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How about”Fed up with Politics” as another cause?
Impossibile! What with all the Gluten they have consumed in the past 100 years!
LOL, wonder what % is for the 116+ crowd? One thing I've learned from FR is that those "world's oldest" designations are jinxed. No sooner does someone receive the honor, he or she dies. Then the curse is passed on to the next lucky winner.
That 111 YO in Tokyo must have died from boredom, didn't get out of the house for 30 years.
“by 2066 that number is expected to increase to more than 500,000”
If I survive, I will turn 100 in 2060. The group of supercentarians will be from the baby boomer class.
Why does nobody ever suspect foul play? The number 2 oldest never gets the attention that #1 does.
I used to chuckle at “If I knew I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of my body.” Not so funny now.
That makes a lot of sense, because after #2 becomes #1, karma gets ‘em every time!
When I can not play golf anymore, I am done with life.
Sure my mother lived to be 103 but last 5 years she was bed ridden. I would not like that one bit.
They don’t have to go out and collect cardboard these days I guess
Centenarians, not centaurs.
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