According to Collins Dictionary, this is "... usually considered to occur approximately between the ages of 40 and 60".
The OED gives a similar definition but with a later start point "... the period between youth and old age, about 45 to 60".
The US Census lists middle age as including both the age categories 35 to 44 and 45 to 54, while Erik Erikson sees it ending a little later and defines middle adulthood as between 40 and 65.
We won't go into what brought on this discussion but I'm still pretty safe except by the census bureaus young definition.
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