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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmericans are getting older, Japanese are really getting older
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Americans are getting older, Japanese are really getting older (Original Post)
LVZ
Dec 2013
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Warpy
(111,141 posts)1. Compare the US and Canada
You can see the Boomers go through until 90, then the whole thing starts to flatten out in the US. You can see them until 2020 in Canada.
That's the effect of Reaganism. It's killing us younger.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)2. I just got older trying to look at those graphs
Jeebus, they made me dizzy. I'm not sure the quickly moving time graphs are the best idea for imparting the data.
LVZ
(937 posts)4. I agree, I wish they moved at about half that speed or slower ... Any Graphics Geek Help?
Are there any graphics geeks out there who can grab the animated GIF files and change the delay between sprites?
http://easy-gif-animator.software.informer.com/
TeamPooka
(24,207 posts)3. they didn't call it a baby boom for nothing.... NT