Many Americans worry that they'll spend the last years of their lives in poverty. A new survey reveals that two-thirds of U.S. adults believe there is "some chance" they will outlive their savings.

Furthermore, the poll of 2,646 adults that was conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Northwestern Mutual found that a third of adults believe they are more likely than not to survive to see their savings vanish.

Fourteen percent believe they will definitely be broke before they die.

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