Post #1710319
2026-04-25 23:31 UTC
Generally, you’ll see terms like “demographic collapse” instead, but yeah basically.
A lot of people were born during the immediate post-WWII years. Those people are now dying. Cause and effect.
Replies (4)
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@PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 2026-04-25 23:34
Death Boom sounds cooler
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@MangoCats@feddit.it 2026-04-26 02:26
To an extent, COVID hit some of the oldest boomers - it was a little early, if we had held of COVID for another 10 years it definitely would have been a prime boomer expiration accelerator. As things are, my parents are some of the earliest boomers and they're just turning 80. The death-rate boom should be picking up speed soon. Too bad they're giving all their acumumulated wealth to the healthcare industry instead of their kids.
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@JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-26 10:43
We just want them to give us their houses.
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@errer@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 02:57
The baby boom was ten years or so. The death boom is more spread out…people start dying in their 60s and can live into their 90s. So figure 30 years or so for the “boom.” Much harder to notice.