Longevity in Various Countries.

I want to live a long life to spend it all with my kids and their children someday. But I want to be healthy and not have to wind up in a nursing home its a terrible way to have to live.

As long as I have my health and my mind then I would want to live. I don't want to be a burden to anybody when I become old and can't take care of myself anymore. So yes I would like to live to grow old but only if I still have my health and I am able to live on my own and take care of myself.

I want to live until I die. Whenever that may be. I remember being young and thinking old was eons away, now it is standing right next to me.

I often wonder why the urge to live is so strong in us. I have often felt so bad I wanted to die but still strive to live. so that is a hard question

I hope to live as long as my mind is sharp, after that I hope to go.

I'm 20 and healthy right now. As long as I'm healthy and physically independent, I would live forever.

I think 90 years old is considered quite old in my country. I am not too sure as my grandparents passed away before that. My grandfather-in-law is still quite healthy at age 92, though he has some minor health problems here and there too. I would like to live long if I am healthy. There are lots of things I would love to do, especially spending time with my children, or perhaps my grandchildren, or even great grandchildren. I started to take better care of my health after becoming a mother.

It all depends on the food you eat and the place you stay, that is , in a non polluted place with lots of herbal trees and nice fresh air. Today more deaths are due to accidents, lack of healthy eating habits etc...

No, I don't. I don't see the point when someone is in constant pain and old to live that long. What for?

i only wish to live 's long 's i can tend to my own needs.

@cinnamongrl my folks are 83 and 85 and not having a while heap of fun. I spend a lot of time in nursing homes and hospitals and old age has little to commend it. I'm 58 and I'm good health. Once the health gives out .....

65 year olds look like in their 50s here. They must have a fountain of youth somewhere.

To answer the question raised, I would like to say Yes. I would like to live as long as the upper age in our country. Nowadays the average age in our country is more than seventy for both men and women. There are a lot of people who live up more than eighty and ninety. My father would have lived longer if he had not had an traffic accident three years ago when he was 86. My wife's grandmother is now 93 and she is still in good health, doing her cooking and household chores by herself. Every year when we go back home from our working place, we would go and pay her a visit with some money and nice food that she likes. We feel very happy to see her nice and healthy, but unfortunately she had a fall in July early in the morning at around 5 o'clock. What is good is that she has not hurt her bone. She is now recovering from being hurt physically. Take care.

here in india 65 is as long life. hardly people cross 65 or 70. i dont want to live more then 65 of age. its enough.

I'm close behind you in age. Diseases and illnesses are something that I will dread in the future.

Interesting and relevant question. I suppose it depends on how I feel and how my health is. I am 60 and except for bad hips, feel pretty good--so I am hoping that continues~

May depend on how bad my lower back pain is. But then again, my Auntie is 93 and in pain, but her mind is still sharp as a tack, and she enjoys reading and discussing ideas. For now, I'm thinking I want to stick around when I get older. 50 may have been old in the 1700s, but it's not now. Wait. Bach lived from 1685 to 1750, didn't he? That's 65 in the 1700s, without our medical advances. Maybe the key is to be productive.

My mother lived to age 99 and was miserable for many years really. I will be 76 in September and am really fortunate to "have all (or most) of my marbles" and my annual check up this week found no lurking problems. I suffer only occasional aches and pains. My wife, at 73, has had fibromyalgia for some years now and fights chronic pain all the time. I guess that, as the old song says, "I'm gonna live "til I die."

Yes, I would love to live long as long as I have no physical pain and my mind is still clear.

Both my dad's mom and my mom's mom lived to be 93. I would love to live that long, even longer.