Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Questions & Answers

Questions and Answers
1.) What % of Old people are sexually active?

The nationally representative survey of more than 3,000 U.S. adults ages 57 to 85 found that more than half to three-quarters of those questioned remain sexually active, with a significant proportion engaging in frequent and varied sexual behavior. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/22/AR2007082202000.html)

More than 60% of individuals over 60 have sex at least once a month.
>http://std.about.com/od/stdsspecificcommunities/a/elderlystd.htm

2.) What % of old people experience hair loss?

3.) What % of old people have recently contracted STDs?

Recent statistics from the CDC have shown that the number of new HIV infections is actually growing faster in individuals over 50 than in people 40 years and under.

4.) What is the ratio of people over 55 to people under 18?

5.) What is the population of old people in homes in the US?

As of a year 2000 consensus,
65 years and over 1,557,800
65 to 74 years 210,159
75 to 84 years 574,908
85 years and over 772,733

Total of old people: 3,115,600

6.) What percentage of old people believe in a religion vs the percentage who do not? (Kate's Question)

7.) What percentage of old people still have a driver's license?

8.) How long does the average American person live? (Henry's question, tweaked)

We live until about an average of 75.37 years old. So technically, we are old for 20 years of our lives.
http://www.sciway.net/statistics/scsa98/vs/vs8.html

9.) What is the average annual expenditure of the elderly?

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