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Skip to comments.Work 'til You Drop: Is that such a bad idea? (Why is working as long as you live so terrible?)
Posted on 04/30/2012 6:20:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Social Security is slated to run out of money in 2033, three years earlier than expected. So maybe it's time for politicians to stop pandering when it comes to shoring up the system and instead rethink the retirement entitlement altogether.
Maybe we just need to look back at our history.
In the early 1900s, nearly 80 percent of Americans over the age of 65 had a job. Dora Costa, an economic historian at UCLA, says people stopped working only if they were no longer physically able to. They expected to work as long as they lived.
Is that really such a terrible idea?
Look at our labor force. It's changed dramatically since Social Security was enacted in 1935. Most of us are no longer spending our time working on farms or in heavy labor. Most of us are retiring from office jobs. Should we really be funding retirement at 65 just so we can live a life of leisure for the next 15, 20, or 25 years? Some financial advisers are even suggesting that when planning for retirement, we plan to live to 100, or at least another 30 years.
Aging just isn't what it used to be. Carroll O'Connor was only 47 when All in the Family premiered -- younger than Brad Pitt. And look at Mitt Romney. He's 65; he's fit, and he surfs. While wealthy, he's hardly an outlier. The majority of us aren't sitting in rockers in our 60s. We're physically active -- playing tennis and golf, hiking, traveling. We're living longer, healthier lives than ever before.
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And who is going to hire you when you're 65?
THAT is the question, not the willingness to work.
"the OLDER workers are the ones to be laid off first. "
Great time to start your own business.
And I don't call it "work till you drop," I call it "going out with your boots on."
—Why is working as long as you live so terrible?—
We were designed as gardeners. We gardened this weekend, worked our butts off, and had a blast.
It's true what they say: gardening is better than therapy because you get tomatoes.
Work 'til You Drop.
That's my retirement plan.
You may not be able to work until you drop. You may be laid off because you are high priced, or you may have a medical condition. In addition, no body likes to hire old people regardless of their background.
So you think it is ok for all these old farts to keep their jobs for their entire lives and cheat the younger generation out of having a job? /sarc
Working and having job are different. I plan on retiring from my job as young as possible so I can work on things I don't have time for now.
I don't think it's questionable - we will have to. I am planning my post-retirement career now.
It isn't a bad idea to work in some way as long as you can if you can. If you have a physical job, you probably can't work til you drop. But most people who work in office jobs can work beyond 66 — at least into their early 70s in some capacity, even if its cutting back to part time. The benefit of doing this would be huge. Pension and Social Security problems would vanish. And yet we are going in the opposite direction. People who have jobs that allow them to retire in their late 50s or early 60s. Its why we are in the trouble we are.
As I understand it, when Socialist Security was started the average lifespan was something like 62 years.
But getting to the point of the thread, I agree with the poster who suggested by the age of 65, one should have been able to have started his or her own business.
However, I'm one to talk. I'm 50 and I don't own my own business.
The point remains, there's too much emphasis on "jobs" and not enough on "entrepreunerialship".
Maybe if there was an easier way to say "entrereneurialship".
It's all fun and games until you are the one stuck in a WalMart checkout with a 90 year old cashier.
Remember this passage for The Holy Bible:
Genesis 3:19
King James Version (KJV)
19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return
There is NO expiration for this.
That's it right there. I left the traditional workforce at 57 and having the time of my life. Working, just in different ways...
I like to work. I enjoy what I do. LORD willing I will work at *something* productive until I am physically unable to do so. I think retirement — at least the "fishing every day" kind — would kill me quick.
I have had my own business for years so "ageism" isn't so much of a problem. If you have a marketable talent or skill it's not as hard to do your own thing as many imagine it is. Funny thing: when you ARE the business, sometimes the gray hair is actually an ADVANTAGE.
I'm also debt free so I don't need to work eighty hours a week. I have savings but no pension. I don't plan on retiring on social security; consequently I structure my compensation to pay as little into it as I can legally do.
I am not doing software development into my 60's. I want to get off of the technology treadmill.
I want to retire, leave New Jersey, take my guns and tools with me and target shoot, hunt, hike and build rifles until I die.
You can make arguments for and against Socialist Security and pensions. But Socialist Security is not an entitlement, it is a form of retirement insurance.
Those SOBs in Washington, primarily Democrats, destroyed it by expanding it for other purposes, raiding it for other purposes and lowering the reitement age.
Pensions should also be run as a reitement insurance program with the money well invested and protected - sort of like a 401-K program and maybe Socialist Security should be run like that also.
But people who are nearing retirement and have made plans based on SS and a pension system should be screwed because a pension administrator or those clown in Washington have been misbehaving badly.
I planted a dozen pecan and filbert trees on our property. The plan was to harvest the nuts and sell them at the local farmers' market.
Based on their growth to date, I'll have a double handfull to sell in about 25 years.
Actually, many attained that age... The "average lifespan" extension we see as a great benefit of modern medicine is almost entirely due to reductions in infant mortality, and deaths due to childhood diseases. Someone at the turn of the 20th century (or even back at the turn of the previous) who had already made it to 30 had an average life expectancy comparable to a 30 year old today (maybe ~3-5 years less, as I recall).
Maybe they want to spend time with their family, especially grandchildren? Did this genius writer think of that?
RE: So you think it is ok for all these old farts to keep their jobs for their entire lives and cheat the younger generation out of having a job? /sarc
I'm not saying that at all. All I'm saying is this — if by "work", the author of this article is referring to — doing what you have been doing ( your profession ) for as long as you can — then he clearly is idealizing the situation in the workforce.
At a certain age ( usually much younger than 65 as I observe ), you WILL BE forced to retire.
Therefore, you will have to either:
A) Hope you can still be hired ( good luck with that )
B) Start your own business ( good luck with that ).
C) Find some other source of income (good luck with that ).
D) Volunteer doing a good cause (All well and good. But then, that's not about income at all, which of course, goes against the premise of the article itself ).
RE: Maybe they want to spend time with their family, especially grandchildren?
Of course, that's what a lot of seniors want.... however, the author is talking about SAVING social security ( i.e., delaying payment of it for as long as the senior can work ).
There are many seniors who want to spend time with their grandkids, but still need the income, which in our present (sorry ) economic and fiscal situation, is quite dependent on social security.
Barter 'til ya drop! Barter like it's 1012 A.D.
I like to work. I don't see myself ever retiring.
Yup, or your kid's teachers are all in their 80's. Is that what we really want?
No thanks.
A comptroller for a major company said that either we move to a public option, or employer paid health benefits will end. I don't know if he is right, but I do know at my plant health costs are very, very high.
RE: I like to work. I dont see myself ever retiring.
By "work", are you referring to employment? Or are you referring to something else?
Yup. That important point is missed by a lot of people. Hey, I like modern medicine as much as the next guy. Anti-biotics are good. Dialysis is good. Lots of modern medicine is very nice to have. But the fact is: infant mortality is where we've really made the gain. Average life expectancy has increased because fewer babies die young. As you say: 100 years ago there were plenty of elderly folks. And they were working.
Which is a noble goal, but if you can't afford, then what?
Based on their growth to date, Ill have a double handfull to sell in about 25 years.
Ha ha! I'm doing the same with some apple trees. The only ones benefitting so far are the deer, who have killed 3 trees and nibbled all the lower branches off!
RE: I am not doing software development into my 60s. I want to get off of the technology treadmill.
In relation to this, read this article:
Employers dismiss them as either lacking in up-to-date technical skills — such as the latest programming-language fad — or not suitable for entry level. In other words, either underqualified or overqualified. That doesnt leave much, does it? Statistics show that most software developers are out of the field by age 40.
Employers have admitted this in unguarded moments. Craig Barrett, a former chief executive officer of Intel Corp., famously remarked that the half-life of an engineer, software or hardware, is only a few years, while Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook has blurted out that young programmers are superior.
Vivek Wadhwa, a former technology executive and now a business writer and Duke University researcher, wrote that in 2008 David Vaskevitch, then the chief technology officer at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), acknowledged that the vast majority of new Microsoft employees are young, but said that this is so because older workers tend to go into more senior jobs and there are fewer of those positions to begin with.
More than a decade ago, Congress commissioned a National Research Council study of the age issue in the profession. The council found that it took 23.4 percent longer for the over-40 workers to find work after losing their jobs, and that they had to take an average pay cut of 13.7 percent on the new job.
Why do the employers prefer to hire the new or recent grads? Is it really because only they have the latest skill sets? That argument doesnt jibe with the fact that young ones learned those modern skills from old guys like me. Instead, the problem is that the 35-year-old programmer has simply priced herself out of the market. As Wadhwa notes, even if the 45-year-old programmer making $120,000 has the right skills, companies would rather hire the younger workers.
And squash and peppers and...
To those companies I have this one comment:
CHEAP || FAST || GOOD; Pick two, (the third is excluded by the other two).
Yes, age discrimination is alive and well in this country. It seems to start at about 50 and goes from there. Hardly anyone is going to hire you when you are 55 let along 65.
As someone has noted, 80% of the people over 65 were still working because most of them were already DEAD.
My Dad worked until he was 66 and lived another 10 years. They got a really good deal on him pension wise.
About the only way to continue working for a long time is to have your own business but that is getting harder and harder because of burgeoning regulation.
I don't mind working but I've had 35 years of commuting and it is enough to kill any good man. Were it not for that, living in the chity and being away from the farm I would just keep going. It is however getting old. I have seen a lot of the problems before and have to keep inventing new and learning new things to keep it interesting. So it has always been though.
I'd like to do a little of that hiking, fishing, surfing is doubtful though. Maybe a little sailing?
Dang it, you made me do research. It may take some time for me to forgive you for that. I hope your happy.
According to the website called lonestar.edu the average lifespan from 1900 to 1910 was 47.3 years for men and 46.3 for womyn.
From 1910 to 1920 it was 48.4 for men and 51.8 for women.
From 1920 to 1930 it was 53.6 for men and 54.6 for women.
By definition, we move from "the early 1900s" to the mid 1900s after that so that's where my research ended. And none to soon I might add.
It would appear the trick was getting to 30 years of age in the first place.
—And squash and peppers and...—
It truly is like therapy. As a person who has been in IT since 1983 and sales before that, I'm more fully understanding the recomendation in the bible that we work with our hands.
I fixed a riding mower and a rather expensive weed eater while my wife was planting. Incredibly rewarding to see the physical world improved right before your eyes by your labor.
The garden of Eden had no cubicles.
Try planting "Rosemary" around your trees. The deer hate it, won't eat it, and supposedly won't go through it. Additionally, you'll have a supply of an fragrant herb for culinary use.
In the early 1900s, nearly 80 percent of Americans over the age of 65 had a job.
Yeah and America was mostly rural with farming a huge percentage of employment. There were many semi skilled factory jobs in industries like textiles and the garment industry.
There were a lot of differences between the early 1900's versus now.
As others have pointed out, AGEISM is a major issue. Convince some 30yr old that a 65 yr old will fit in the corporation's vision...thats a tuff sell.
Terrible or not, most Americans around fiftyish and younger will be doing so. It is the norm throughout human history.
In today's business climate I would not even think about starting any kind of substantial small business. The only way I would go into business for myself would be as an independant consultant (I do healthcare billing interfaces), and I will probably do that part time when I retire. Having employees is not worth the hassle, and that is exactly the problem.
I don't know about that.
Being self employed I work like a dog to pay all the taxes and both sides of SS.
Yet, every time I go to the store I see the welfare crowd kicking back.
Maybe after working like a dog for 50 years I should take a few vacations I've been putting off.
"...But people who are nearing retirement and have made plans based on SS and a pension system..."
There's your trouble. Bad planning. Liberals want the government to see to the needs of those who plan poorly. That's the original sin that created such a ponzi scheme social program as Social Security. It's socialism, collectivism, communism, progressivism, or whatever you want to label it. It is not reflective of good old American self responsibility.
Better planning is to not rely on systems run by the corruptable; government and S&L types. Maintain good health, plan your spending, allow for hyper inflation by not having your money tied up in money.
And, oh yeah, work your whole life.
I plan to work (business owner) my whole life, but now in my fifties, I can take more days off to go fishing, hunting and traveling to visit relatives and friends. I live better than my retired friends whose income is limited (bad planning).
Also, life expectancy is a lagging indicator. As another poster pointed out, people born between 1900 and 1910 only lived an average of about 47 years. But we didn't know that until the 1950s and 1960s.
We are now seeing huge numbers of people in their 70s who are relatively healthy. These people were born in the 1930s - at at time when most folks thought they'd be lucky to make it to age 50.
It would stand to reason that people born in the 1950s can probably expect to make it to their 90s. As for people being born now, huge numbers of them will likely make to to by 100 or older - of course, we won't know for sure until the 2100s.
Lastly, I can't believe I'm older than Archie Bunker. Was he really 47 years old at the time of the show? He looked like he was 65.
Amen brother. My muscles are sore, aching and in shock. Between double-digging, weeding and moving rocks I have trouble getting up in the morning but I have to before the sun gets hot.
Don't forget the downward bias of war in life expectancy.
Try planting Rosemary around your trees.
Make sure she's dead first...
So that is societal progress? Work til you die? That's what the cave men did. Only in the make believe Utopian Communist world would anyone believe that is the goal of civilization.
The mortality rate was 47 years, but that was because of the high infant and child mortality rates. If you made it to 20, you had a good chance of making it to seventy. People didn't automatically start keeling over when they reached their mid-forties.
I'm very suspicious of average lifespan statistics when not controlled for other factors. For example, what was the life expectancy of someone in 1910 who had already reached the age of, say, 18? That removes the downward force of high infant mortality rates and childhood deaths caused by disease. Those deaths are no less tragic, but the question is did people live longer if they survived those high risk years?
I was astonished to discover on a trip to Monticello that Jefferson's family, with I think one exception, all lived into their 70s, 80s, and 90s. On a trip to Salem, Massachussetts, I saw dozens of headstones in a 17th century cemetery indicating ages in the 70s, 80s, and 90s; more than those in the 40s, 50s, or 60s.
My personal observations are not scientific of course.
And who is going to hire you when you're 65?
Yeah I found that out the hard way...try 70...
Was corresponding with a truck driver in North Dakota who told me:
"having a CDL A licence in ND is like having a golden token in Willi Wonka."
...and I got a job 3 days after getting my CDL-A (fastest time I ever got a job acceptance in 50 years)
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In celebration of their upcoming film actor Chris Pratt, actress Haley Bennett and director Antoine Fuqua visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to treat hundreds of service members and their families to an afternoon of fun and an advance USO screening of "The Magnificent Seven."


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Thursday, November 19, 2015
Pumpkin Apple Harvest Parfait
As we are getting closer and closer to Thanksgiving and the holidays, our thoughts turn to family dinners, neighborhood parties, and spending special time with special people. These parfaits are an easy, make ahead desserts your family and guests will love.
I used small 12 ounce jars to serve these parfaits. I bought the Pumpkin Spice Biscuits from the refrigerated section of the grocery where they sell biscuits. If you can't find the pumpkin biscuits, you could substitute cinnamon rolls, or even caramel rolls.They will be just as yummy!
Pumpkin Apple Harvest Parfait
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Caramel Apple Bread
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Brie and Apple Tarts~A Pinterest Inspired Treat!
Bloghungry. These brie and apple tarts are the perfect fall treat. I made a few changes to the original recipe, but the sweetness of the soft, warm, spiced apple and the subtle brie taste are still there. These are good. And easy to make! They are perfect for breakfast, a snack, and even dessert!
Brie and Apple Tarts
(makes 4 tarts)
1 sheet of thawed Puff Pastry
1 Granny Smith Apple
1/2 tablespoon Brown Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 tablespoon Butter
1/4 of a Brie Cheese round
1 Egg
Flour ( for rolling)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Lightly flour your working surface.
Unfold your puff pasty and roll in out into a 10"X10"
Cut the sheet in to quarters.
Peel, core and slice your apple.
Cut your brie into thin slices.
Place a slice of brie, and 3-4 slices of apple
in the middle of each square.
Combine your cinnamon and brown sugar in a bowl.
Set aside.
Make an egg wash by beating an egg with a fork.
Set aside.
Evenly divide the cinnamon and brown sugar mix
between the squares. Divide the butter between the
squares also.
Use your egg wash, and brush the border of the pastry square.
Fold 2 opposite corners together to the center,
brush them with the egg wash, and overlap them so
they stick together. Brush the top wih egg wash.
Place the tarts on a sheet pan covered with parchment paper.
Bake for 10-15 minutes.
Once tarts are out of the oven, drizzle them with melted caramel.
Then drizzle with melted chocolate.
Thank you Bloghungry!
What a great recipe!
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Apple Crisp Jars!
Apple Crisp Jars!
(Serves 4)
2 Granny Smith Apples
1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
1 tablespoon Water
1/3 cup firmly packed Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Flour
1/4 cup Rolled Oats
3/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
4 tablespoon cold chopped Butter
4 8oz Mason Jars
Vegetable Pan Spray
Vanilla Ice Cream
Cinnamon for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Peel and core your apples.
Slice your apples, then cut them into small chunks.
Place apple bites into a bowl, add lemon and water
and mix, coating apples.
Set aside for just a few minutes.
In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, flour, oats,
cinnamon and butter.
Make sure the butter is cut into small, tiny pieces.
You could grate it, or just chop it. Mix thoroughly
with a spoon until combined and crumbly.
I used 4-8 oz mason jars.
Spray with vegetable pan spray,
then wipe out the excess.
Distribute apples evenly between the 4 jars.
Sprinkle the topping crumble on top of the
apples. Distribute evenly just as we did the apples.
Make sure there is butter on top of each jar.
It cooks better with the butter on top of each jar.
See the jar on the bottom right?
I had to add butter because I didn't notice there
was none on the top. If that happens, it is not
a problem. Just add a few small pieces so it browns
when it bakes.
Place the jars on a baking sheet and bake for 30-40 minutes.
Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
sprinkled with a taste of cinnamon.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Apple and Raisin Bread Pudding
Apple and Raisin Bread Pudding
I used 6 ounce ramekins, and this recipe makes 4.
I also made it with 8 ounce ramekins, and the recipe makes 2.
Kings Hawaiian Sweet Bread
2/3 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Butter
2 Eggs
1 cup Whipping Cream
1/2 Granny Smith Apple
3 tablespoons Golden Raisins
2 teaspoons Vanilla
Dashes of Cinnamon
Cut 2-3 slices of bread into cubes.
Fill the ramekin to the top with the cubes.
Cut the 1/2 apple and cut into small bite size pieces.
Place into each ramekin.
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
Beat the sugar and butter till creamy.
Add your eggs, and beat until fluffy.
Stir in the whipping cream and vanilla.
Distribute the raisins evenly over the bread and apple.
Pour the egg mixture into each of the ramekins, filling
to the top. Push the bread, apple, and raisins
down into the mix, so everything is covered.
Sprinkle cinnamon over each of the mixtures.
Make a water bath, also called a bain marie, to cook the
bread pudding. This is a french technique designed to cook delicate dishes
such as custards and sauces without breaking or curdling them.
It can also be used to keep cooked foods warm.
To do this, place the ramekins into a
baking dish that will hold all 4, or 2 if you are
making the larger servings.
Boil some water, and pour the boiling water into the baking dish,
so you end up with approx. 1" of water in the dish.
Bake for 40-50 minutes. Check the puddings at 35 minutes by
placing a toothpick in them. If it comes out clean,
they are done. Carefully remove the dishes from the hot water.
Serve warm with a scoop of ice cream, or....
serve plain.
Warm or cold, it is delicious!
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The Hack-a-Howard strategy didn't work for the Magic this time. The Magic fell to the Lakers 106-97.
Dwight Howard made 25 out of 39 free throws and ended up with 39 points Tuesday night. The Hack-a-Howard strategy worked for the Magic back in December when Howard made 9-of-21 free throws. Howard currently holds a 47.8 free throw line percentage.
After the game, Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni said, " I hate it [intentional fouls] for the fans. They can come to practice for free and watch them shoot 40, 50 fouls. They don't even have to pay for tickets. I'll invite them all."
Veteran Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 21 points and seven assists. Nelson is the only active Magic player who played along side Dwight Howard.
Glen ?Big Baby? Davis and Hedo Turkoglu both played along side Howard but will be inactive for the game. Big Baby is recovering from a broken left foot and Tukoglu is currently serving a 20 game suspension after?violating the NBA?s Anti-Drug Program after testing positive for methenolone.
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Now that the first phase of the Lewis Libby trial is closed, Anthony Lewis argues"Not All Sources Are Equal," NY Times, 7 March.
I do not think the press can have both the Sullivan decision and a privilege not to testify in civil cases. Otherwise the decision would be a license for reckless or even deliberate falsification, which the author of the Sullivan opinion, Justice William J. Brennan Jr., certainly did not favor.
Lewis's op-ed engages some very difficult issues.
Last July, Cox News journalist Elliott Jaspin published a four-part series of articles about communities in the United States that drove out their African American residents between 1864 and 1924. The syndicate had allowed Jaspin to devote five years of his time on its payroll exclusively to the series. His story covered 16 pages in Cox's Austin American-Statesman and versions of it appeared in five other Cox newspapers. The American-Statesman even created an interactive website devoted to the subject.
But Cox's flagship newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, published none of Jaspin's reportage. In the runup to Monday's publication date for Jaspin's book, Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America, charges flew thick and fast. See: Richard Prince,"Atlanta Paper Accused," Journal-isms, 21 February;"'AJC' Whitewashed My Series on Racial Expulsions," Editor & Publisher, 23 February; Doug Monroe,"The AJC's Racial Cleansing Firestorm," Atlanta Magazine Online, 27 February; and John F. Sugg,"White Washed! Elliot Jaspin's book is the last thing the AJC's editors want you to read," Creative Loafing, 7 March.
The controversy is undoubtedly good for Jaspin's book sales and there's more to come. In January, the Sundance Film Festival showcased"Banished," a documentary featuring the return of descendants of African Americans driven out of three counties Jaspin identified to those counties. The film has its own website and its producers are planning"a major public education campaign to maximize the impact of 'Banished'."
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Rated 5 out of 5 by 2labsmom Excellent quality I am super pleased with everything to do with the Royal Weave dog gate. Although we ended up securing it to a wall, it is heavy and sturdy enough to be free standing. It is solid and extremely easy to put together, no tools needed. I am also very pleased that Improvements send even heavy merchandise to Hawaii. July 6, 2013
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Women in Nigeria face some of the highest maternal mortality risks in the world. We explore the benefits and cost-effectiveness of individual and integrated packages of interventions to prevent pregnancy-related deaths.
We adapt a previously validated maternal mortality model to Nigeria. Model outcomes included clinical events, population measures, costs, and cost-effectiveness ratios. Separate models were adapted to Southwest and Northeast zones using survey-based data. Strategies consisted of improving coverage of effective interventions, and could include improved logistics.
Increasing family planning was the most effective individual intervention to reduce pregnancy-related mortality, was cost saving in the Southwest zone and cost-effective elsewhere, and prevented nearly 1 in 5 abortion-related deaths. However, with a singular focus on family planning and safe abortion, mortality reduction would plateau below MDG 5. Strategies that could prevent 4 out of 5 maternal deaths included an integrated and stepwise approach that includes increased skilled deliveries, facility births, access to antenatal/postpartum care, improved recognition of referral need, transport, and availability quality of EmOC in addition to family planning and safe abortion. The economic benefits of these strategies ranged from being cost-saving to having incremental cost-effectiveness ratios less than $500 per YLS, well below Nigeria's per capita GDP.
Early intensive efforts to improve family planning and control of fertility choices, accompanied by a stepwise effort to scale-up capacity for integrated maternal health services over several years, will save lives and provide equal or greater value than many public health interventions we consider among the most cost-effective (e.g., childhood immunization).
Nigeria accounts for 1 in 6 maternal deaths globally. Approximately 50,000 Nigerian women die each year from largely preventable pregnancy-related complications [1,2]. With a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) estimated at 840 per 100,000 live births, each of the 34 million women in their reproductive years face a 1 in 23 lifetime risk of maternal death [1-4]. In recognition of this, the Nigerian government and its partners have put in considerable efforts to reduce this burden in line with MDG 5 (e.g. providing free healthcare services to pregnant women, deploying over 4,000 midwives to areas of greatest need, distributing free contraceptive products etc [5,6]). Despite these efforts, the challenges are formidable and progress towards MDG 5 has been below expectations [7-9].
There is little debate about the need for an adequate supply of skilled birth attendants, functional referral systems, reliable transport, and well-equipped facilities [9,10]. However, there is little guidance about how to adapt ideal recommendations to local situations, decide where initial efforts should be targeted, and design an effective and efficient plan to scale-up maternal health services [6,10]. This is further compounded by the regional variations in maternal indices arising from unequal distribution of healthcare infrastructure and manpower (e.g. the MMR in the Southwest and Northeast zones are 165 and 1,549 per 100,000 live births respectively [9]).
With increasing attention from the Nigerian government [5] and other stakeholders [11], this is an opportune moment for deliberative action. To effectively leverage international attention that has catapulted MDG 5 onto the global political agenda, [12] and catalyze efforts being made from within the country, identifying evidence-based strategies that consider the local context is imperative. In this analysis, we synthesize the best available data, adapt a model of pregnancy and pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality to the Nigerian context, and conduct national and regional analyses that quantify the payoffs from investing in safe pregnancy and childbirth. Our purpose is to provide qualitative insight into the most efficient strategies to meet MDG 5.
Country- and region-specific data were synthesized using a computer-based model that simulates the natural history of pregnancy and childbirth. Separate models were adapted to Southwest and Northeast zones using survey-based data and information about recognition of the need for referral, access to transport, and appropriate facilities [8,9,13]. Model outcomes include clinical events (e.g., pregnancies, live births, maternal complications), measures of maternal mortality (e.g., MMR, proportionate mortality ratio [i.e., proportion of deaths among women aged 15–45 that are pregnancy-related], and lifetime risk of maternal death), population outcomes (e.g., life-expectancy), and costs.
Strategies consisted of increasing the coverage of effective interventions, and could include improved logistics. Following standard recommendations for economic evaluation, we calculated incremental cost-effectiveness ratios, defined as the additional cost of a specific strategy divided by its additional clinical benefit, compared with the next least expensive strategy [14]. We considered interventions with cost-effectiveness ratios of less than the per capita GDP ($1,170) to be very cost-effective [2,15]. Sensitivity analyses are conducted to assess the impact of parameter uncertainty, and Monte Carlo simulation was used to generate the number of per woman events such as pregnancies, live births, and facility-based births.
The Global Maternal Health Policy Model is a previously published computer-based model that simulates the natural history of pregnancy and pregnancy-related complications over a woman's lifetime, and aggregates outcomes to a population level [16]. Factors modeled at the individual level include the probability of pregnancy (conditional on age, contraceptive use, and clinical history), the probability of spontaneous or induced abortion, and the risk of direct pregnancy-related complications such as hypertensive disorders, obstructed labor, hemorrhage, and sepsis. The case fatality rates of these complications are conditional on the type, severity and underlying comorbidity. Nonfatal secondary complications considered include neurological sequelae, obstetric fistula, severe anemia, and infertility. In addition to pregnancy-related mortality risk, women face an annual risk of death from age-specific all-cause mortality. The model is described in more detail in the Additional file 1.
Strategies to reduce maternal deaths consist of improving coverage of effective interventions, either individually or packaged as integrated services. These include: reducing the unmet need for contraception; increased accessibility to safe abortion and post-abortion care; prevention and treatment of anemia (including intermittent prevention and treatment of malaria in pregnancy); and increased availability of intrapartum and postpartum care. Recognizing that the investments in infrastructure required to assure high-quality intrapartum care will need to happen in phases, stepwise improvements are modeled over time.
The overall impact of interventions results from a reduction in the incidence and/or case fatality rate of a complication. Both mechanisms depend, in part, on access to specific services, trained personnel, and quality of the facilities delivering these services. Therefore, the model explicitly considers the location of delivery, type of assistance, access to basic or comprehensive obstetrical care, and the ability to overcome barriers around the timing of delivery (See Figure Figure1).1). Delivery setting is differentiated by provider (e.g., family member, traditional birth attendant [TBA], SBA or no one) and by site (e.g., home versus facility). Facilities providing basic EmOC (bEmOC) are assumed to be capable of administering injectable antibiotics, oxytocic drugs, and sedatives or anti-convulsants, and also conducting assisted vaginal delivery, removal of placenta and retained products. Facilities capable of comprehensive EmOC (cEmOC) are able to provide blood transfusion services, cesarean delivery, and management of advanced shock in addition to all the aforementioned bEmOC services [17].
Health facilities in Nigeria are classified as primary, secondary and tertiary [7]. Primary care facilities (e.g. Alausa Primary Health Care center, Lagos State) are the most abundant, but SBAs aren't always available, and only few can provide all the services that constitute bEmOC [18,19]. Conversely, all tertiary facilities (e.g. University College Hospital Ibadan, Oyo State), and most secondary facilities (e.g. General Hospital Calabar, Cross River State) can provide comprehensive emergency obstetric care, but they are fewer, and are predominantly in urban areas [19]. In adapting the model to the Nigerian context, we map the current facility structure on to the model structure described above.
The model is programmed using TreeAge Pro 2009 (TreeAge Software Inc., Williamstown MA) and analyses conducted using Microsoft Excel 2010 and Visual Basic for Applications 7 (Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA).
Selected model inputs and assumptions are shown in Table Table11 and Table Table2.2. In general, estimates of incidence and case fatality rates associated with pregnancy-related complications were obtained from published data, and a plausible range for sensitivity analysis was based on systematic review of the literature. Data on facility births, skilled birth attendants, family planning, and antenatal care were from country-specific surveys and government reports (more details in the Additional file 1).
For women delivering outside an EmOC facility, the probability of a successful referral depended on overcoming three categories of delays: delay in recognizing need for referral and being willing to go; delay in transport to referral facility; and delay in receiving appropriate care at appropriate EmOC facility. Assumptions about barriers to successful referral were based on country reports, published and grey literature, as well as in-country visits (between March and December 2010) to elicit expert local opinion [19,45-48]. We conducted an in-country survey of 121 healthcare facilities and 700 women aged 15–45 (see Additional file 1) to provide insight into the range of values for sensitivity analysis [49]. After using the best available data to parameterize the national and sub-national models (for Southwest and Northeast zones), key outcomes were generated and compared to independent data. Selected results of this exercise are shown in Table Table3,3, and the procedure used is described in the Additional file 1.
Selected costs are shown in Table Table1.1. Details of the costing methodology are included in the Additional file 1. Costs of delivering interventions and treating maternal complications were estimated from the United Nations Population Fund's (UNPF) Reproductive Health Costing Tools (RHCT) [21]. Costs associated with personnel (salaries) were from public access databases [52,53]. Drugs and supply costs were from the United Nations Children Fund's (UNICEF) Supply Catalogue [54] and Management Sciences for Health (MSH) International Drug Price Indicator Guide [54,55]. To estimate the costs of improving transport and scaling up facilities we used methods previously described [16] and assumptions from in-country experts. All costs were converted to 2008 U.S. dollars.
Modern contraceptive prevalence rates range from 3.5% in the Northeast zone (17.6% unmet need) to 21% in the Southwest zone (19.7% unmet need) [8,9,13]. Reducing the unmet need by 25% to 100% reduced maternal deaths by 4% to 17% in the Southwest and 3% to 13% in the Northeast zone (Table (Table4,4, see Additional file 1). Because the unmet need is based on survey-derived preferences of Nigerian women questioned now, and the number of desired children remains high, modeling elimination of the unmet need only reduces the TFR from 5.9 to 4.9. Anticipating changes to fertility preferences over time, we conducted a secondary analysis in which the use of modern contraceptives was increased by 25% to 50%, corresponding to a contraceptive prevalence rate of 34.7% and 59.7%, respectively (Table (Table4).4). The TFR was reduced from 5.9 to 4.4 (25% increase), and to 2.9 (50% increase). With a contraceptive prevalence rate of 59.7%, approximately 1 out of 2 maternal deaths was prevented. All of the above strategies were extremely cost-effective with incremental cost-effectiveness ratios less than $10 per year of life saved. Additionally, increasing the use of modern contraceptives in the model led to a decline in abortion related deaths (more details in the Additional file 1).
Figure Figure22 shows the benefits expected from improving intrapartum care (upgrades), superimposed with the additional benefits from reducing the unmet need for contraception and increased coverage of safe abortion services. Strategies that improved intrapartum care alone had higher cost-effectiveness ratios (i.e., least attractive), reflecting the higher costs required for infrastructure improvements. Strategies that only improved family planning and safe abortion had very low cost-effectiveness ratios (i.e., very attractive), but reduced mortality by 20.5%. A strategic approach that involves simultaneous improvement in intrapartum care, family planning and safe abortion was the most efficient and associated with incremental cost-effectiveness ratios between the two aforementioned strategies. Further details are provided in the Additional file 1.
Table Table55 provides robust insight into the importance of investing in all three domains of family planning, safe abortion and intrapartum care – any approach that focuses on only one of these, to the exclusion of the other, will be less effective and cost-effective. But decision makers will still need to decide on how to proceed with such stepwise investments in all three domains. While these choices will be a function of many contextual factors, we sought to provide decision makers with information on the expected benefits, value and efficiency of different approaches. We applied a time dimension of twelve years to the analysis to stacked cohorts, and conducted a stylized exercise to identify scale-up approaches that would be more and less efficient.
For purposes of generating main themes, and not trying to compare an unlimited number of hypotheticals, we restricted our approaches to three general options:
1)Approach 1: reduce the unmet need for contraception and increase access to safe abortion before investing in improvements in intrapartum care;
2)Approach 2: improve intrapartum care before reducing the unmet need for contraception and increasing access to safe abortion;
3)Approach 3: reduce the unmet need for contraception and increase access to safe abortion while also investing in improving intrapartum care.
We used UN population projections for Nigerian women aged 15–45years over a 15-year period (from 2006 – 2022) and model projected estimates of annual probability of mortality, proportionate mortality ratio and cost [56]. Upon applying data specific for "current status" to the cohort for 2006 and 2007, our population projections approximated UN projections (with age-specific variations in population ranging between −3% and 1% of UN data), as did our estimate of the number of maternal deaths each year (48,483 and 49,810 in 2007 and 2008 respectively). Further details about these methods are provided in the Additional file 1.
We applied model generated probabilities of mortality and costs to the three approaches described above, scaling the interventions over a 12-year period (from 2011 to 2022), and estimated the number of maternal deaths averted with each approach. Approach 1 could avert over 270,000 maternal deaths, while Approach 2 and Approach 3 could respectively avert over 340,000 and 380,000 maternal deaths over 12year period (see Table Table55).
Increasing availability of transportation for deliveries referred to EmOC facilities (from 30% to 100%) led to a 1% reduction in maternal deaths, and an ICER that ranged between $2,700 and $15,800 per YLS. Similarly, increasing the recognition of referral need during skilled home deliveries and the quality of care in EmOC facilities in an isolated manner resulted in 3% reduction in maternal deaths. Providing prenatal care to all pregnant women was not an attractive single intervention with only a 3% reduction in maternal deaths (ICER=$3,400 /YLS). However, if it is assumed to increase the odds of a subsequent facility delivery, an additional 5% - 33% of maternal deaths could be averted (ICER<$800 per YLS). We assumed that 30% of facility births occurred in centers that could provide all EmOC services, and that 10% of these occurred in cEmOC facilities. Shifting all routine EmOC deliveries to cEmOC facilities was much less efficient (ICER ranged between $2,000 and $8,500 per YLS) than shifting births to bEmOC centers or birthing centers with reliable attendance and transport to cEmOC centers if needed.
To further assess for uncertainty, we varied several model inputs to limits suggested by empiric evidence (see Table Table2).2). These inputs include the incidence and case fatality rates of direct maternal complications, as well as the effectiveness and cost of maternal interventions (cost were varied between 50% and 100% of the original inputs: see Tables 1 and and2).2). While varying these inputs, we improved the coverage of effective interventions (i.e. we reduced the unmet need for contraception, increased access to safe abortion and post-abortion care, as well as access to optimal intrapartum and postpartum care). In all instances, the increasing availability of these interventions was cost effective (with ICERs less than $550 per YLS). Additionally, while there were significant differences in outcomes (i.e. the absolute number of maternal deaths, MMR, lifetime risk or maternal death and proportionate mortality risk: see the Additional file 1), the relative impacts of the interventions were constant (except in instances where the effectiveness of the interventions were altered: see Table Table6).6). Nevertheless, the cost-effectiveness (CE) ratios, the ICERs and the predicted reduction in maternal deaths were largely robust (see Table Table66).
Our principal findings are that early intensive efforts to improve family planning, accompanied by a systematic stepwise scale-up of intrapartum and emergency obstetrical care, could reduce maternal deaths by 75%. Recognizing that a model-based analysis is only as accurate as the quality of the data that are available, and that our data limitations were formidable, there are qualitative insights that appear robust.
First, reducing the unmet need for contraception is the most effective and cost-effective single intervention for reducing maternal deaths in the short term. By simply meeting the total demand for contraception, over 6,500 maternal deaths could be averted each year nationwide. Furthermore, it is cost saving in the Southwest zone (over $18 million in cost-savings), and can provide funds that could be channeled to other zones with greater health needs. This strategy would also prevent 1 in 5 deaths from unsafe abortion [16,57]
Second, there is a threshold above which further reductions in mortality from sole use of contraception are not possible; integrated interventions that couple family planning with reliable access to high-quality intrapartum and emergency obstetrical care are necessary to cross this threshold. Third, even allowing for considerable variation in the pace that would be feasible to scale up maternal health services, strategies that do so by systematically making stepwise improvements in family planning, safe abortion and intrapartum care will be more effective and efficient in the long-run than solely focusing on any one of these alone. A strategy that involved phasic and concurrent improvements in the availability and standard of EmOC facilities, referral systems, access to skilled birth attendants, facility deliveries, availability and use modern contraceptives and access to safe abortion services could prevent three to four out of five maternal deaths. This strategy had cost-effectiveness ratios that were a fraction of Nigeria's per capita GDP [15].
While our analysis is intended to catalyze actionable steps, we recognize that decisions in Nigeria will involve a number of choices on how to proceed with investments to improve maternal health. Since specific approaches will need to be designed to be contextually appropriate for specific settings, we provide generalized results in a matrix (Table (Table5)5) that allows policy makers to obtain insight into the predicted benefits expected with a variety of different approaches.
Limitations related to data quality and availability for informing the natural history parameters in addition to the assumptions used to build the underlying model structure have previously been discussed [16]. Data limitations specific to Nigeria are detailed in the Additional file 1. In addition, data were limited for the frequency of unsafe abortion, and estimates of unmet need were based on survey data reflecting women's desires now, and not in the future. Additionally, data that were available and obtained from previous studies, such as many of the government-sponsored surveys [18,19] each have their own limitations. While these data may be limited in quality, they represent the best information available now. Additionally, the cost inputs are estimates of total cost, and are agnostic about who bears the cost. However, our analysis is from a societal perspective aimed at estimating the total economic (opportunity) cost for the society. The cost outputs represent costs incurred for a cohort (which can also be expressed on a 'per woman' basis) over the lifetime of the cohort.
We emphasize that the purpose of this analysis was not to provide precise estimates, but to provide qualitative insight into decisions that will need to be made well before better data become available, and acknowledge the necessity for repeated studies as better data become available. We also acknowledge that other interventions, outside of those included in this analysis, are likely to have major benefits on maternal health through indirect effects (e.g. enactment of policies that improve nutrition and agriculture, education, transportation and road networks, security, and equal rights and opportunities). Albeit outside the health sector, these are critical considerations adjacent to our findings.
Reducing maternal deaths is possible in Nigeria, and several approaches would be effective, efficient and cost-effective. Early intensive efforts to improve family planning and control of fertility choices, accompanied by a stepwise effort to scale-up capacity for integrated maternal health services over several years, will save lives and provide equal or greater value than many public health interventions we consider among the most cost-effective (e.g., childhood immunization). With stepwise investments to improve access to pregnancy-related health services and high-quality facility-based intrapartum care, more than 75% of maternal deaths could be prevented. If accomplished over the twelve years, more than 380,000 women could be saved.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
All authors contributed to the study design, collection and analysis of data, and writing the paper. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
Authors would also like to acknowledge the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grants (#07-8900-00GSS and #10-97002-000-INP). The funder had no role in the study, design, data collections analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.
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For example, Gold's left-wing parents bought some rocky Pennsylvania farmland in the early 1970s with a group of like-minded friends, expecting it to be a quiet refuge from the big city. It was that, but also turned out to be sitting on top of vast deposits of natural gas. Gold's parents ponder what they could gain or lose with drilling, see how neighbors feel and ultimately decide to sign a lucrative Marcellus Shale lease.
Gold writes that fracking presents energy companies and landowners with options and challenges, and people respond differently, but in a modern society that uses vast amounts of energy, the fracking boom isn't going away any time soon.
Gold captures the genius and the failings of George Mitchell, the so-called father of fracking. Mitchell's small Texas company experimented with fracking for years while big energy companies scoffed and ultimately reaped a billion-dollar payoff. But when state regulators found evidence that his poor drilling practices contributed to ruined private water wells in the early 1990s, Mitchell fought the lawsuits, and ultimately paid token fines. And despite his windfall and an interest in sustainable communities, Mitchell failed to invest in renewable energy.
"The Boom" contains a good recap of how the Sierra Club went from embracing fracking and taking tens of millions of dollars in secret donations from Chesapeake Energy to opposing the process. The chapter "Everyone Comes for the Money" illuminates the vast scale and impact of the Bakken shale oil boom in North Dakota, and other sections cover climate change and the basic geology of shale rock.
Gold rightly notes that the end result of fracking "has been staggering and transformative," but adds a caution. Since regulations and even drilling technology are still evolving, "it's too soon to declare victory in fracking," and Gold notes that when the drilling boom began, "the unofficial policy was to drill first and ask questions later. How well those questions are heeded will likely determine whether we look back on the shale revolution with relief or regret."