This article is about the chemical. For the medication, see Sodium calcium edetate. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), also known by several other names, is a chemical used for both industrial and medical purposes. It is an aminopolycarboxylic acid and a colourless, water-soluble solid.
The average retirement age for American men and women. The average retirement age for men in 2013, the most recent year for which data are available, was 63.9. For women, the average retirement age was younger, at 61.9 for 2013. Those figures were mixed from the previous year, with men retiring at a slightly older age than in 2012, while women retired a bit sooner than in the previous year. Retirement communities can encourage people to retire earlier.
Here are some facts they discovered: The average retirement age according to Gallup is now age 61; it was 59 about ten years ago and it was 57 in the early 1990's. Currently, about one-third of workers say they plan to retire when they are age 66 or older. In 1995, only 14 percent planned to wait that long.