WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL LIFE SPA N?

The prestigious British Medical Journal recently carried a research study that might be of interest to older adults. The study by Dr. Stacy Tessler Lindau and researcher Natalia Gavrilova of the University of Chicago revealed some interesting data on the 'sexually active life expectancy' or SALE of adults aged 65 and above. Here are some of their findings:

• 62% of men aged 65 to 74 reported sexual activity in the previous six months; only 36% of women in the same age group did so.
• More than one-third of men aged 75 to 85 said they had sex in the past 12 months, compared with just 17% of women in that age group.
• A 30-year-old male can be expected to have sex for 35 more years, while a 30-year-old woman has a SALE of just 31 more years.
• Men and women who stay healthy and in good shape gain extra years of sexually active life in older age.
• Women can go approximately twice as long without sex as men.
• Older men enjoy the sex they have much more than older women do.
• Even though they enjoy fewer years of sexually active life, many women do not perceive this as a 'problem.'