How old is a 42 year old cat?

I am 42 years old. How old am i in cat years Cat Age Calculator

This calculator is based on the average lifespan of a healthy cat. Experts say that a one year old cat has roughly the age of a 15 years old human and a two years old cat has the age of a 25 years old human. After two years old the cats mature slowly, so that a 15 year old cat is roughly comparable to a 76 year old human (see the graph below). Cats that live indoors can live longer than cats that live outside.

Note: There is no reliable method for calculating precisily how old your cat is in human years equivalent. So, it is possible to find calculators that show diferent values for the same human age. It is because there are different models to calculate the cats age.

Here you can find answers to questions like: I am 42 years old. How old am i in cat years What is the cat years equivalent for a 42 years cat? 42 years are equivalent to how many cat years?

You can use the this Cat Age Calculator also known as Cat Years Calculator to find your cat’s age in cat years (cat’s relative age), as if he/she were a human, or your age in cat years.

How long do cats live on average?

What are the facts on cats’ longevity? The ideal cat “can” or “may” live to 20 years and older. On average, wild, homeless, and feral cats live dramatically shorter lives than domestic cats. Outdoor cat lifespan ranges widely, anywhere from three to 10 years. Indoor cats live nearly three times as long as outdoor cats. The numbers varied widely ranging from 14 to 20 years. source: http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/how-long-do-cats-live-cat-health-facts.

Cat life stages chart

According to the site icatcare.org, there are 6 life stages for cats:

Kitten (0-6 months)
the young cat is growing rapidly and is usually not quite sexually mature
Junior (6 months-2 years)
the cat reaches full size and learns about life and how to survive it
Prime (3-6 years)
the cat is mature physically and behaviourally, and is still usually healthy and active, looking sleek and shiny and making the best of life
Mature (7-10 years)
the cat is what we call ‘Mature’, equivalent to humans in their mid-40s to mid-50s
Senior (11-14 years)
takes the cat up to the equivalent of about 70 human years.
Geriatric (15 years and over)
many cats do reach this stage, some not showing any signs of being geriatric at all!

Sample Cat Years Calculations.

8 human months in cat years
2 human years in cat years
23 human years in cat years

4 human months in cat years
5 human months in cat years
55 human years in cat years

Bridges

There are more than 617,000 bridges across the United States. Currently, 42% of all bridges are at least 50 years old, and 46,154, or 7.5% of the nation’s bridges, are considered structurally deficient, meaning they are in “poor” condition. Unfortunately, 178 million trips are taken across these structurally deficient bridges every day. In recent years, though, as the average age of America’s bridges increases to 44 years, the number of structurally deficient bridges has continued to decline; however, the rate of improvements has slowed. A recent estimate for the nation’s backlog of bridge repair needs is $125 billion. We need to increase spending on bridge rehabilitation from $14.4 billion annually to $22.7 billion annually, or by 58%, if we are to improve the condition. At the current rate of investment, it will take until 2071 to make all of the repairs that are currently necessary, and the additional deterioration over the next 50 years will become overwhelming. The nation needs a systematic program for bridge preservation like that embraced by many states, whereby existing deterioration is prioritized and the focus is on preventive maintenance.

Highlights

Nearly 231,000 bridges,

in all 50 states,

still need repair and preservation work.

The annual rate of reduction

of structurally deficient bridges for the past two years

has slowed considerably to just 0.1% annually* 10% of bridges are posted for load.

Condition & Capacity

Over the past decade, a concerted effort has been made involving all levels of government to reduce the number of structurally deficient bridges across the nation. While structurally deficient bridges are not inherently unsafe, they require substantial investment in the form of replacement or significant rehabilitation, and they present a higher risk for future closure or weight restrictions.

Condition & Capacity

Encouragingly, as of 2019, just one in 13, or 7.5% of highway bridges were designated structurally deficient, or poor, representing a significant improvement from 12.1% recorded a decade ago. Also encouraging is that the total percentage of bridge deck area that is classified as structurally deficient, or poor, has decreased over the past several years, totaling just 5.5% in 2019, compared to 6.3% in 2016.

Even with this renewed focus, nearly 231,000 bridges, in all 50 states, still need repair and preservation work. Unfortunately, the annual rate of reduction of structurally deficient bridges for the past two years has slowed considerably to just 0.1% annually, while the number of bridges that are slipping from good to fair condition is increasing annually. Though higher traffic volume bridges tend to receive more attention and are therefore less likely to be structurally deficient, on average 178 million trips occur over structurally deficient bridges every day. At the current rate of improvement, it is estimated to take more than 50 years, stretching to the year 2071, to repair all of these bridges. This is not a sustainable model. The rate of deterioration is exceeding the rate of repair, rehabilitation, and replacement, all while the number of bridges sliding into the “fair” category is growing. However, bridges categorized as fair are a concern and an opportunity, as they are potentially one inspection away from being downgraded in classification, but they can also be preserved at a fraction of the cost required to address a structurally deficient bridge.

While recent improvements show a positive trend in addressing our poorest bridges, progress is not universal because states face different challenges when maintaining, repairing, and replacing bridges. For example, in 2019, the percentage of structurally deficient bridges ranged from 1% in Nevada to 22% in Rhode Island.

Less encouraging is that 42% of the nation’s 617,084 highway bridges are over 50 years old, an increase from 39% in 2016. Notably, 12% of highway bridges are aged 80 years or older. Structurally deficient bridges specifically are nearly 69 years old on average. Most of the country’s bridges were designed for a service life of approximately 50 years, so as time passes, an ever-increasing number of bridges will need major rehabilitation or replacement.

To protect the public’s safety, the federal government mandates national bridge inspections for all bridges on a periodic basis. The amount of time between inspections can range from 12 to 48 months and is based on the bridge condition, type of bridge, traffic, location, and age of the structure. If the bridge inspector finds any deficiency in the structural capacity or with an element of the bridge, that bridge could be posted for load, weight, or speed restrictions; temporarily repaired; and/or closed to the traveling public to ensure their safety. In 2019, just over 10% of bridges had such restrictions, a number that has remained stagnant over the past several years. Outside of direct safety concerns, posted bridges can dramatically increase driving time for larger vehicles such as school buses, ambulances, fire trucks, and delivery trucks, in addition to interstate trucking. In rural areas, posted bridges can prohibit the passage of emergency service vehicles, which can slow response time and impede rescue efforts.

Finally, while the National Bridge Inventory no longer tracks functionally obsolete bridges, there are still over 94,000 bridges nationwide with inadequate vertical or horizontal clearances or inadequate approach roadway geometry. Such bridges do not serve current traffic demand or meet current standards, and many of these bridges act as bottlenecks, increasing congestion and crash vulnerability due to inadequate widths, lanes, or shoulders, substandard vertical clearance, or insufficient lanes for traffic demand.