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CSA: Chapter 1

  1. Trends by 2020
    • Birth rate decrease
    • People live longer
    • Under 50 yrs;grows by 5%
    • Over 50 yrs. grows by 74%
  2. Global Expectancy
    • Afghanistan Men 41, women 42
    • Russian men 60, women 73
    • USA men 76, women 81
  3. Increased Logevity
    • 1990 Life Expectancy 47
    • 2010 Life Expectancy 78
    • Gains expected to continue but will slow down
  4. Radical Evolution
    • Next 30 years humans will use these technologies:
    • Nanobots
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Genomics

    To escape death
  5. The Oldest Old (85+)
    • The fastest growing population of American Population:
    • 2006: 5.3 Million 85+
    • 2050: 19.3 Million 85+

    Results: The need for healthcare and related services is exploding
  6. Young-Old vs, Old-Old
    The difference not in years, but in health.

    Poor health changes everything.
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CSA: Chapter 1
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Trends and the Experience of Aging
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