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Q: What Is the "normal" Life Time Expectancy

asked by: mamaboo on September 5th, 2006

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What is the "normal" life time expectancy when someone is in late stage 6 early stage 7 of dementia. I read that overall its 20 years, but was not able to find a time break down for the "average" lengths of time for each stage.

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replied on January 16th, 2007

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Re: What Is the "normal" Life Time Expectancy

mamaboo wrote:

what is the "normal" life time expectancy when someone is in late stage 6 early stage 7 of dementia. I read that overall its 20 years, but was not able to find a time break down for the "average" lengths of time for each stage.

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remaining years of life for all 80-year-olds is approximately 7.0 years; for 85-year-olds, it is 5.0 years.

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