So the over-65 crowd has long been the most dedicated newspaper readership demographic.
It’s high time we forgive them for calling to complain about the word “suck” appearing in print and for referring to our 80-inch narrative as “that ad you put in the paper.”
And we should get them something. Anything. A pillow? Blood pressure pills? Lipitor?
You saw this new report from the Census bureau?
For the first time, people aged 65 and over are expected to outnumber children under age 5 (Figure 2-1). The global population aged 65 and over was estimated to be 506 million as of midyear 2008, about 7 percent of the world’s population. By 2040, the world is projected to have 1.3 billion older people—accounting for 14 percent of the total.
The AP put it like this:
The number of centenarians already has jumped from an estimated few thousand in 1950 to more than 340,000 worldwide today, with the highest concentrations in the U.S. and Japan, according to the latest Census Bureau figures. Their numbers are projected to grow at more than 20 times the rates of the total population by 2050, making them the fastest growing age segment.
Specific to the U.S.:
… centenarians are expected to increase from 75,000 to more than 600,000 by midcentury. Those primarily are baby boomers hitting the 100-year mark.
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This old guy seems to like them.
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