How many 40 year old people have lost one or both parents (to death)?

Question

Is there a source somewhere that could tell me an average age that people are "orphaned" by the loss of both their parents?

Answer 1

I don't know of a source unless you might check the ssi death records. My parents both die at 50. I am now 54, it sure makes you think about things differently knowing that you are now older than they were when they died.

Answer 2

I am not sure where you would find statistics for this. I am sure even countries differ in the statistical averages.

I am 49. My mother died when I was 34 at the age of 54. My father is still living (he is 73). My paternal grandfather died when I was 24 (at the age of 71). My paternal grandmother died when I was 45 (she was 85). My maternal grandfather died before I was born, and my maternal grandmother died when I was 21 (she was 71).

Alot depends on the longevity of your family. My father's side of the family all live to a ripe old age. On my mother's side, cancer or kidney failure kills eveyone before their time. Variable are always going to be different for different families, and I am not sure there is a law of averages.

Answer 3

I'm not 40 but 28 when i was three my real dad got killed my mom married my step dad which to me was my hero in every why and than some he died in a wreak in 2001 so in my 28 years of life i have been through 2 dads i was very angry about my step dad when he first got killed for i felt like it losing one dad was enough but i have come to realize god does every thing for a reason even we might not understand that reason love every body as tho it will be the last fore we never no when the time will come

Answer 4

Death Record Search Database : http://DeathRecordsInfo.com/Official

Answer 5

I lost my father when I was 34 and he was 70.

Answer 6

Both

Answer 7

My mother died when I was 21, my father died when I was 31.
My maternal grandfather died when I was 20, my maternal grandmother died on my 36th birthday.

Answer 8

I have lost myself and to yahoo answers. Does that count?