Tag: mortality rates

Globe with people icons along the perimeter

The future depends on our ability to curb obesity. Demographics may not be destiny, but they are certainly interesting.  We have just finished up two studies on the topic.  The first looked at the fluctuation in mortality rates over time in the United States and the second – just released – explores why the United…

Birthday candle as number one hundred on top of sweet cake on the table

Probably not yet, but higher-income couples should be thinking in terms of their mid-90s.  A recent press request centered on the premise that people now have a good chance to live to 100 and what that might mean for achieving a secure retirement.  I had been thinking about mortality rates and life expectancy recently, and…