The Baby Boomer generation is dying early?

I found a “baby boomer death counter” that predicts when the baby boomers will die off. It is earlier than normal. What could this mean, if true?

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James Love of BoomerDeathCounter.com claims that a Baby Boomer will die every 49.5 seconds in the USA during the year 2008.

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Baby Boomer Basics (according to James Love):
The generally accepted birth years of the USA Baby Boomers is 1946-1964. In Canada, the Baby Boom extends to 1966. With retirement investments overflowing, the big Boomer DieOff will accelerate around 2015 and the majority of boomers will be dead by 2025.

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Baby boomer cohorts

Baby Boomer cohort #1 (born from 1946 to 1954) average year 1950

Baby Boomer cohort #2 (born from 1955 to 1964) average year 1960

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Click here to see the death counter.

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Currently there are 8% dead, but deaths will accelerate in 2015?? What is so significant about 2015? That is 7 years from now. The majority (I assume from cohort # 2) will be dead by 2025.

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So in 2015

Average cohort #1 (average year 1950) will be 65 years old

Average cohort #2 (average year 1960) will be 55 years old

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This is the year 2008. Someone born in 1948 (cohort #1), the year Israel became a nation, is only 60 years old. From what I can tell, if this is accurate, the cohorts of this generation are dying 10-20 years early, as compared to those before them.

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My mother died in her 80’s, but I might die in my 60’s? I have already had several friends die in their 50’s, and others are sick with serious diseases, but I don’t know if this is a major pattern.

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I found some data and decided to calculate this for myself. This comes from the state of California. It seems to agree.

	rate/100,000
1990	188
1991	196
1992	210
1993	227
1994	238
1995	246
1996	239
1997	227
1998	239
1999	251
2000	267
2001	291
2002	310
2003	342
2004	358

With modern medicine as advanced as it is, this seems to be opposite of what we would expect.

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So what is wrong with this generation, if all this is true?

One bible passage from the Book of Luke comes to mind when I think of this possibility. I recall something Jesus said to his apostles when they asked him when he would return. Jesus describes the end times,

To get the entire message in context,  one should read the 21^st chapter of Luke

Click here to see entire chapter

Luk 21:29 And he spoke to them a parable; Behold the fig tree [symbol of Israel], and all the trees;

Luk 21:30 When they now shoot forth [re-birth of Israel], ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
Luk 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Luk 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

***This passage is interpreted as meaning that the generation that sees the rebirth of Israel, will see the return of Christ.

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If it is properly interpreted that 1948 (cohort #1) starts the countdown to the second coming of Christ, then we need to see how long this generation lives, or is living, or how soon it is coming to an end.

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Possibly, if cohort #1 is already starting to pass away, then the return of Jesus is imminent.

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What do you think?

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One way or the other, it is wise for Baby Boomers to do estate planning. They will not live forever, and it is best to think about this now.

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The main movement of the cohort #1 – hippie- baby boomers was a desire for peace. I wonder if they will get their wish.   Maybe they will, if Jesus returns before they all pass away.

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References:

http://www.jameslove.com

Interesting facts about each recent generation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generations

http://www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/Pubs/OHIRmortTrnds1990-1999.pdf

http://www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/Pubs/OHIRmortTrnds2000-2004.pdf