85+ population growing
Posted February 14th, 2008 by Tara Murray in Aging, Health, US DemographyThe over-85 group is the fastest-growing population in the US, and even those with chronic conditions have a good chance at living to 100, according to an NPR story.
See also: Dellara F. Terry, Paola Sebastiani, Stacy L. Andersen, & Thomas T. Perls (2008). Disentangling the Roles of Disability and Morbidity in Survival to Exceptional Old Age. Archives of Internal Medicine, 168(3):277-283. (Available online to the Penn State community)
