[nradov]

If you live long enough you will eventually die of cancer. It's inevitable.

[k__]

Do the oldest people predominantly die of cancer?

[weberc2]

The parent’s comment is tautologically true: if nothing kills you first, cancer will eventually kill you.

[gnulinux]

That is, given that humans eventually die.

[stcredzero]

I think infections are the primary cause of death for the oldest people. If lifespans were several times longer, most of us would be dying from an immune deficiency caused by cytomegalovirus. We just don't live long enough.

[ska]

No, but they mostly die with cancer(s), iirc.

[jacquesm]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4043499/

Has pneumonia and 'frailty' as the predominant causes.

[tonyedgecombe]

I’m sure I read that once you reach a certain age the risk starts to fall off.