U.S. life expectancy is declining, new calculations show.
The U.S. retirement age is rising, as the government pushes it higher and workers stay in careers longer.
But lifespans aren’t necessarily extending to offer equal time on the beach. Data released last week suggest Americans’ health is declining and millions of middle-age workers face the prospect of shorter, and less active, retirements than their parents enjoyed.
Here are the stats: The U.S. age-adjusted mortality rate—a measure of the number of deaths per year—rose 1.2 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to the Society of Actuaries. That’s the first year-over-year increase since 2005, and only the second rise greater than 1 percent since 1980.
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So sad but true!
ReplyDeletePart of the problem is that (some) retirees (Government?) don't qualify for a whole lot outside their own universe. Too many end up with nothing to do outside of working at the local golf course. They really need to focus on learning new job skills to focus on available required challenges.
ReplyDeleteThey don't, go to sleep one night, then.... just don't wake up.
Not everyone but quite a few.
NO WONDER WE are Worked & Taxed to DEATH !!!!
ReplyDeleteAmen
DeleteAlways have something to do with your life and never stop doing it.
ReplyDeleteI will work to the day i die. Thats just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteMy retirement will be when I just drop dead
ReplyDeleteIf people would save and put money back for retirement they could. Everyone worries about keeping up with Jones. I think it is funny, people ride around in 50k vehicles and have no retirement.
ReplyDeleteYour Only Retirement in AMerica = lying in your Grave !!!
ReplyDeleteCost of Living / Inflation / Taxes Killing Us All !!!!
ReplyDeleteOne must plan on retirement - not rely on what talking head says each year. Proper planning, saving and investing leads to happy retirements. Live above your means, live in the now, no planning, no savings and relying on others to get by = zero retirement.
ReplyDeleteI've planned, saved, invested and retiring shortly. Whats so wrong with working at a Golf Course anyway? (not that there are many left with so many closures over the years)
Lack of education, financial planning and common sense results in not having money to retire comfortably.
ReplyDeleteMy mother was disabled by her health issues and my father was retired from his union job by the time he was 55. I'm 65 and don't know when, or if, I will retire. If one is not a union or government employee with a defined benefit pension plan, retirement is a scary thought. Without those union and government plans, a whole lot more people would be working longer.....and I think it would only be fair, if they did.
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