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Interesting statistics on aging

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The September issue of Functional Ingredients included an intriguing article on healthy aging, quality of life and dietary supplements. It included a number of staggering statistics on aging individuals and I wanted to share some of them with you.

  • 1/3 of people over the age of 65 fall down each year. One in five of those require medical attention and one in 10 break a bone

 

  • Falls are responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 people in the US each year

 

 

  • Nearly 40% of fatal falls are by people older than 85 years old

 

 

  • By age 60, four in 10 men and half of all women report joint pain in one or more joints

 

 

  • For the US population as a whole, 50 million have arthritis

 

 

  • Peak bone density is reached at age 35.

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