As a result of a recent survey of 1,000 adult men and women in Japan conducted by a medical foundation in Japan, 8 out of 10 responded that they did not want to live past the age of 100. 59% of the respondents who answered that they did not want to live to be 100 years old explained the reason as ‘I do not want to cause trouble to my family and people around me’.
According to Next Shark, an American media specializing in Asia, on the 18th, the Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation of Japan conducted an online survey of 1,000 adult men and women (500 each) in their 20s to 70s across the country asking whether they would like to live to be 100 or older. appear.
According to the survey, 72% of male respondents and 84% of female respondents answered that they have no desire to live to be 100 years old or older. As the reason, 59% said ‘I don’t want to cause trouble to my family and people around me’. This was followed by ‘deteriorating health problems’ (48.2%) and ‘retirement funds problems’ (36.7%).
Foundation officials said the survey results were shocking. An official said, “I was surprised that there are far fewer people than expected to live a long life of 100 years or older.” ”he emphasized.
Japan is one of the world’s oldest aging countries. In 2005, Japan entered a ‘super-aged society’ where people aged 65 and older accounted for more than 20% of the total population.
In addition, the average life expectancy of Japanese is 81.47 years for men and 87.57 years for women as of 2021. Japan’s female life expectancy ranks first in the world, and Japanese male life expectancy ranks third in the world, making it one of the countries with the longest life expectancy.
According to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as of September last year, Japan’s population over the age of 100 stood at 90,000, an increase of about 4,000 from the previous year.
In this survey, 30% of respondents from single-person households pointed out that “a support plan for single-person households facing death is urgently needed.”
Source: Donga
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