The number of all these centenarians in the U.S. is growing rapidly, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. During the 1990's, the ranks of centenarians nearly doubled, from 37,000 ten years ago to 70,000 today. Analysts at the Census estimate that this population of centenarians could range in size from 265,000 to 4.2 million people by mid next century. The middle-range projection is 834,000 by year 2050. I find this point rather interesting.
People seem to react to their chronological age in four stages.
The second stage is middle age where adults, in Jack Benny-style, keep turning age 39 over and over again. Makeup helps tremendously at this age. This is an act of acceptance, or embracing one's REAL age. Here the person has lived soooooo long, it's an accomplishment. 80 year olds become 90.