Parts of this Project
Most of my data was taken from www.census.gov. They have information from the census' that the government has done over the years. (All years are as of July 1 of that year.)
I also found information about years past, including ten years ago, 15 years ago, and twenty years ago. I compared it to these numbers, and the numbers from last year and the year before. I found that the numbers of people over 100 dramaticly increased within the past three or four years.
These are charts I have found. They make the increase much easier to see. When I was looking at them, I had to double check the numbers because I didn't believe them. If I am correct, there wil be a lot more people like this guy.
This graph shows how the population may be broken up in the year 2050.
I think that the effect of longer living Americans will be wide spread. I think that "old" people won't be thought of as "old" anymore, as there will be people living ten, twenty, or even thirty years longer. More people thought of as old now, much like this man, may be acting younger.
Elderly people, those who are retired now, might still be working in years to come. The average age of retired Americans may move up towards 70 or even higher. If there really are this many more people over the age of 65, there will be many wide spread effects. There will be more and more traffic as the elderly will still be going to work every day.
Some elderly people may not have work, however. There will most likely be competition between young people, because younger workers require training, then can work for many years. Not so with elderly people. Old Americans will have more skill though, in their chosen field, so it may become balanced.
There will be less government benifets as well. Many insurance companies may refuse elderly people. Nursing homes will fill up as less and less people "leave". It will appear as though the population simply increased, as the results will be similiar. There may be more advertisements targeting older people, especially drugs and glasses. Medicare may become even less helpful, and Social Security may be gone altogether. I think that with an increase in life expectancy there will be need to be new laws as the population will increase dramaticly.
"By 2050, the actual number of people over the age of 60 is projected to be almost 2 billion, at which point the population of older persons will outnumber children (0-14 years)."
Most of My Information was Taken From Here
