Shocking Stats About Getting Old

Less than one in a thousand people pay and federal estate tax (aka “death tax”), when they die.
One time, less then one in 10 managed investment funds perform as well as an index fund. That means if you follow the advice of these experts 90% of the time you will do worse then if your simply put your money in an index fund.
For people over 65, women are twice as likely to live in poverty than men, and 50% more likely to be disabled.
About 1 in 4 women over 60 take antidepressant mediations.
Ten percent of Americans over age 65 have Alzheimer’s disease. This increased to 33 percent among people ages 85 and over. Two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women.
Unpaid family members and friend provide 83 percent of all long-term care in America, and two0thirds of older adults rely exclusively on free care.
Sixty-Five percent of unpaid long-term caregiver are female, and 25 percent of them are in the “sandwich generation,” meaning they provide care for their aging parents, as well as their children.

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