A member asked:

At what age does a person start to get old? i'm not talking about feeling old. i mean getting old by the age number. i know about young as feel.

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Dr. Alvin Lin answered

Depends . . .: In the states, typical retirement as well as qualification for medicare (aside from disability) is 65yo. As a geriatrician, we consider 65-75yo as young old, 75-85yo as middle old, and 85+yo as old old. Of course you could always argue by semantics that you get older each day after you're born. But i think you're looking for 65yo as when you get "old" numerically.

Answered 12/4/2013

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