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===Other illnesses=== The life expectancy of people with diabetes, which is 9.3% of the U.S. population, is reduced by roughly 10β20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-life-expectancy.html|title=Diabetes Life Expectancy β Type 1 and Type 2 Life Expectancy|date=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/features/diabetesfactsheet/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]</ref> People over 60 years old with [[Alzheimer's disease]] have about a 50% life expectancy of 3β10 years.<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Zanetti O, Solerte SB, Cantoni F|title=Life expectancy in Alzheimer's disease (AD)|journal=Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics|volume=49|issue=Suppl 1|pages=237β243|date=2009|pmid=19836639|doi=10.1016/j.archger.2009.09.035}}</ref> Other demographics that tend to have a lower life expectancy than average include transplant recipients<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Kiberd BA, Keough-Ryan T, Clase CM|title=Screening for prostate, breast and colorectal cancer in renal transplant recipients|journal=American Journal of Transplantation|volume=3|issue=5|pages=619β625|date=May 2003|pmid=12752319|doi=10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00118.x|s2cid=20247054|doi-access=free}}</ref> and the obese.<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Diehr P, O'Meara ES, Fitzpatrick A, Newman AB, Kuller L, Burke G|title=Weight, mortality, years of healthy life, and active life expectancy in older adults|journal=Journal of the American Geriatrics Society|volume=56|issue=1|pages=76β83|date=January 2008|pmid=18031486|pmc=3865852|doi=10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01500.x|author-link=Paula Diehr}}</ref>
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