The malady that afflicts older people the most is also one of the most preventable and most easily managed if you do get it: hypertension (high blood pressure). Even so, 56 percent of people aged 57-64 escaped its grip. Of those aged 65-74, 41 percent have never had it, and 39 percent of the 75-85 group got that old without it.
These people didn’t survive the disease or suffer the condition and then die of something else; they never had the disease or condition. Ever. Not once. How did they do this? Obviously they are not exceptions to the rule. Are they magic? Are they boring? Maybe; or maybe they lived their dreams while also eating right, walking around more often than not, drinking in moderation, not smoking, and paying attention to their driving.
Yes, it’s true that if you mind your health you’re probably not going to have a stadium full of groupies or millions of dollars to throw around. It’s also true that if you party like a rock star you will likely die like a rock star: young, having forfeited the very attention you craved, leaving behind any children or other family to be mocked because you wasted your talents and abilities, and you might even be impersonated by bad lounge acts all across the nation for more years than you were alive.
Article comments
1 - Mark Buckingham
Excellent points that sensationalist, doom and gloom media outlets would never waste their breath on. Thanks!
2 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
Nice Article...
BUT, it's no real big surprise. This type of cr@p happens with all supposed "irrefutable" evidence/facts from the scare about Global Warming all the way to the misinformation about Triclosan. Unfortunately,(I have to agree with Mark) sensationalism about impending doom generates ratings,so, we'll always have to do the research on our own to find out the truth.
3 - Dr Dreadful
Well, Diana - yes, but...
I would suggest that a major factor in the 65-74 age group having succeeded in reaching that age is that most of them have not had a heart attack, cancer etc.
I suspect that if you redid those figures and included both those who are aged 65-74 and those who would have been that age had they survived, you might see some more sobering numbers.