What Is the "normal" Life Time Expectancy Posted: 09-05-06 16:58pm
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.
Can you help:?:
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Re: What Is the "normal" Life Time Expectancy Posted: 01-16-07 19:27pm
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.
Can you help:?:
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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