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Average life expectancy in Hawaii
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83 years-old
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What age range is the fastest growing segment of the population?
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85+ years old
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gerantologists
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those who study aging
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ageism
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the prejudice or discrimination directed towards older people, mainly exemplified by words and derogatory terms
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primary aging
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irreversible changes as a result of DNA and personal genes or heredity
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secondary aging
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possibly reversible changes based on habits held throughout an individual's life
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dementia
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severe memory loss and confusion
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Alzheimer's disease
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most common form of dementia
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What is the percentage of people over the age of 85 with Alzheimer's disease?
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40%
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Who coined the terms "menopause", "old-old", and the like?
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Bernice Neugarten
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genetic programming theories
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think "DNA"
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wear-and-tear theories
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what the body goes through over time (i.e., stress on bones and joints)
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