Many Americans do not want to live more than 100 years old

Many Americans say they do not want to apply medical measures to live more than a hundred years old.

The Pew Research Center conducted surveys on 2012 for about a month. As a result, about 56% of respondents said they did not want to take medical measures to slow down the aging process.

Currently about 13% of the US population is over 65 years of age, this figure has quadrupled since 1900. The increase in the elderly rate is mainly due to the application of medical advances and a reduction in fertility rates. According to estimates by the US Census Bureau, there will be about 400,000 people living over 100 years old by 2050.

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The average life expectancy of Americans is now 78.7. Most respondents answered that they wanted to live up to 79 to 100 years old, taking into account the average age of 90. Many respondents were also optimistic about medical advances when 69% said that the base cancer will be cured by 2050 and 71% predict prosthetics will be able to function as true limbs.

Although most Americans do not want to live more than 100 years old, 63% of people surveyed said that medical breakthroughs that extend human life can create many useful things for society. Besides, there are still many people who are skeptical about accessing modern medical treatments.

According to the survey, most people believe that they can access the treatments they want, but in fact only rich people will have access to advanced treatments.