Why are more people living to 100?

[Jason]

Some are saying it's the new 70, but I don't know if I want to accept that yet. Well, I think medical advances are making it more prevalent, but I don't think I would find real stats saying a significant amount of people are becoming 100 or above. Am I wrong?

 

[Cory]

My great-grandmother is in her 90s and she is in decent shape for how old she is.

Advances in health and medication are surely one of many factors people may grow older.

I've heard from multiple sources that women usually outlive men, but I've never really done much research on the subject.

I don't think I'll live to be that old due to poor mental health conditions most of my life and the kind of crappy food I often eat. Not to mention, I don't exercise often and let my two physical jobs be my main source of exercise.

 

[Jason]

My great-grandmother is in her 90s and she is in decent shape for how old she is.

Advances in health and medication are surely one of many factors people may grow older.

I've heard from multiple sources that women usually outlive men, but I've never really done much research on the subject.

I don't think I'll live to be that old due to poor mental health conditions most of my life and the kind of crappy food I often eat. Not to mention, I don't exercise often and let my two physical jobs be my main source of exercise.

Yeah, but how physical are the jobs?

 

[Dismal_Bliss]

It's worth noting that the average life expectancy hasn't changed much, and in fact has gone down for some countries. You have people who take good care of themselves and avail themselves to modern medicine who will live longer, and then you have those who don't take care of themselves and put off going to the doctor whose lives get cut short.

 

[Cory]

Yeah, but how physical are the jobs?

Not super physical, but physical enough to keep me from being obese. For the most part, I'm on my legs constantly on both jobs, I have to lift heavy objects from time to time, and I have to stoop constantly. I have one day a week that's more physical than the rest, which is the truck day where we have to unload the truck and stock most of it all in one night. I work at a medium-sized store and we only get one truck a week.

 

[Jason]

Living near 100 with dementia would be hell. Tha's just saying, people.

 

[Cory]

My grandmother is in her (I believe) upper 70s and she is starting to lose her memory. So, living a long time can sometimes have bad effects.

 

[Jason]

My grandmother is in her (I believe) upper 70s and she is starting to lose her memory. So, living a long time can sometimes have bad effects.

They say it has to do with low levels of nitric oxide.

 

[Dismal_Bliss]

They say it has to do with low levels of nitric oxide.

Statins are known to cause muscle and memory loss over time.

It could also be a lifetime of excessive carbohydrate consumption. Alzheimer's disease is also known as "Type 3 Diabetes".

 

[MrDawn]

Some are saying it's the new 70, but I don't know if I want to accept that yet. Well, I think medical advances are making it more prevalent, but I don't think I would find real stats saying a significant amount of people are becoming 100 or above. Am I wrong?

You're not wrong. Better healthcare and medical science is making it to where people live longer in the US, Canada, and several European countries.