[ExI] dementia

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 8:41 AM John Grigg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> It is interesting how some elderly make it to their nineties and beyond in
> good shape due to being blessed with a genetic hardiness that others lack.
> We need to figure out how we can replicate their condition so that everyone
> can be so fortunate.
>
> John
>

Do we really want that?  People like me?  I have been retired now for 24
years and have contributed basically nothing to society.  Do we really want
a lot of elderly people who live 50, 60 years beyond retirement?  bill w

>
> On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 8:40 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> About 3.4 million people, or 13.9 *percent* of the population age 71 and
>> *older*, have some form of *dementia*, the study found. As expected, the
>> prevalence of *dementia* increased dramatically with age, from five
>> *percent* of those aged 71 to 79 to 37.4 *percent* of those age 90 and
>> *older*.
>>
>> How about them 90 year olds?  Almost 2/3rds functioning well.  Of course
>> one does not get to be 90 without being in good health, as a general rule.
>> Surely the percentages would be higher if those with simple cognitive
>> decline, such as mild memory problems were included.  (I am assuming that
>> 'dementia' does not include those.)
>>
>> bill w
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