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By Real Estate Expert KathyOHomes

Older Americans living in the west feel happier and healthy as announced by the recent report from the Pew Research Center, a study of 2969 senior citizens across the country between February 23 and March 23, 2009.

Half of older Westerners feel 10 or more years younger than their actual age; of those, 20 percent feel 20 or more years younger. Part of the reason for that may be that older adults in the West report being more active.

Asked how old they feel, two-thirds of Westerners ages 65 and older say they feel younger than their chronological years, compared with 57% of older Americans in other regions. Among older Westerners, half say they feel 10 or more years younger than their actual age and one-in-five say they feel 20 or more years younger.

Older folks living in the West also feel healthier than older folks elsewhere. Among adults ages 65 and older, some 72% of those living in the West say they are in excellent or good health. This compares with 63% of those living in other regions of the country. Differences in self-reported health by region are not seen among other age groups in the population.

Older Westerners also get more exercise. Some 77% of Westerners ages 65 and older report they get some kind of physical exercise on a typical day, compared with 69% of those in the rest of the country. But when this question is refined just to include "vigorous" exercise, there is no statistically significant difference by region in the amount of daily exercise that older adults get.

A few other stats:

» 23 percent of older Westerners have lived in their local community their entire life, compared to 38 percent of adults in other regions

» 41 percent of older Westerners have daily contact with a son or daughter, compared to 57 percent of adults elsewhere

» 16 percent of older Westerners live in age-restricted communities, compared to 8 percent of older adults in other regions

In short, if you want to be among a lot of older folks who feel young and happy, the West looks like your best bet. Will it work for you? Come out here and find out!  There are a number of both active senior communities and homes with single level living.

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