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.
But the retirement age dropped to an average of 26.5 and median of 24.8 in 2009, and has stayed lower in the years since. It is taking another drop so far this year, with the average age down to 24.8 years and the median to 23.8 through mid-June. If those numbers hold, they would be the lowest since 1991.