Sunday, May 30, 2010

Elderly to Outnumber Children Within Ten Years

The US Census Bureau, the fine folks that write you a letter every ten years asking how many toilets you have, have now released a study stating that within the next decade, people over the age of 65 will outnumber children under 5 for the first time in history. Unlike the toilet thing, this is pretty serious, with quite a few ramifications.

It forecasts that over the next 30 years the number of over-65s is expected to almost double, from 506 million in 2008 to 1.3 billion – a leap from 7% of the world's population to 14%. Already, the number of people in the world 65 and over is increasing at an average of 870,000 each month.

Full Article and Source:
Elderly to Outnumber Children Within Ten Years

4 comments:

Thelma said...

And aren't the fiduciary VULTURES rubbing their hands in glee?

Anonymous said...

Baby Boomers Beware!

StandUp said...

Think of all the extra people forced on Medicaid by the guardianship vultures? It will break the country's back unless it's stopped!

Marie said...

Yes, the vultures have a lot to look forward to. Thank goodness for NASGA.