HealthCare Notes

8/21/12

Report: Elderly Americans Are Living Longer, Healthier

Report: Elderly Americans Are Living Longer, Healthier: According to a government report about the well-being of older Americans, today’s 65-year-olds can expect to live longer — to age 85, compared to 79 in 1980 — and healthier than previous generations. Deaths from heart disease and stroke have dropped almost 50 percent, which has helped to increase the average life expectancy for Americans. [...]/p