First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) rates will increase from $0.47 to $0.49 when purchased at the Post Office. 1  Each additional ounce will cost $0.21. 2  The discounted âMetered Mailâ category for First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.), which includes online postage providers and postage meters, will decrease from $0.465 to $0.46.
A recent New York Times story calls a 69-year-old woman elderly. Philadelphia Metro considers 70 to be elderly. When NPR ran a story recently about a 71-year-old midwife, some readers objected to the word elderly in the original headline.
Japan's elderly are running ahead. With 1,197 people aged over 90 for every 100,000 citizens, Japan has by far the world's highest concentration of old people. England and Wales beat Norway to 5th place, since residents have a 0.8 in a 100 chance of making it past 90.