MaryB and the City

Fish in the sea.

The 2010 US census data released today shows some new trends in the gender age gap: notably, that more boys than girls are being born and men are living longer than they have in the past. Typically there are more women than men age 35 and older, with men dying early from accidents, homicide, alcohol, smoking, etc.

Then once we hit 85 there are twice as many women as men — nursing home dating must get cutthroat! But the gap is narrowing, with 21 percent more men over 65 now than a decade ago, double the percent growth rate for women in the same age group. And the overall male to female ratio has jumped from 96.3 in 2000 to 96.7 today, the biggest rebound for men since 1910.

Source: tressugar.com