How young can you be, but still die of old age?

Answer 1

Fifties....too young to die, but not old, old yet!

Answer 2

Interesting question, the old age part makes it hard to answer. I have known people die young and people die old. Given a choice, they would all choose to be around. How young can you be to die of old age? That is hard. I will check back to see the answers or hopefully I will think of one. I knew someone very special who died of heart failure at age 49. I still mourn. That was allmost 4 years ago.

Answer 3

Progeria narrowly refers to Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome, but the term is also used more generally to describe any of the so-called "accelerated aging diseases". The word progeria is derived from the Greek for "prematurely old". Because the "accelerated aging" diseases display different aspects of aging, but never every aspect, they are often called segmental progerias by biogerontologists.

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome is an extremely rare genetic condition which causes physical changes that resemble greatly accelerated aging in sufferers. The disease affects between 1 in 4 million (estimated actual) and 1 in 8 million (reported) newborns. Currently, there are approximately 40-45 known cases in the world. There is no known cure. Most people with progeria die around 13 years of age. Progeria is of interest to scientists because the disease may reveal clues about factors involved in the process of aging. Unlike most other "accelerated aging diseases" (such as Werner's syndrome, Cockayne's syndrome or xeroderma pigmentosum), progeria is not caused by defective DNA repair.

The condition was first identified in 1886 by Jonathan Hutchinson and Hastings Gilford. The condition was later named Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome (HGPS). Around 100 cases have been identified since then.

Answer 4

You could be a small child if you died with progeria, which is a disease that causes you to go through the aging process very quickly. You could be like a 70 year old man when you are less than 10 years old. Your body actually appears to be that old, and children with this disease actually can have all of the body afflictions that can affect an old person. It causes their bodies to age at a highly accellerated rate which causes them to die while they are still children.

Here is a website that has information about the disease and pictures:
http://www.progeriaresearch.org/

Answer 5

40

Answer 6

45

Answer 7

anywhere between 60-100 cause someone may be up in age but still maybe very young at heart and still very active... i.e. the 81 year old lady that works at my grandfathers restaurant and she runs circles aound the people in their teens, 20's on up...

Answer 8

Nobody dies of old age.

We die through misuse of our bodies.

Mid life should in fact be 60-70 years of age.

"Old age" is the manifestation of a lifetime of abuse.

Answer 9

I think that is question that cannot be answered until you are at a certain age when you yourself consider old age as being old.

Answer 10

That is a matter of opinion and probably based on where you live, mortality rate and quality of healthcare. I would say in the united states you probably could say anything over 60 in my opinion.