A. An individual categorically eligible as aged must be sixty (65) years of age or older.B. According to the SSI program, a given age is attained on the first moment of the day preceding the anniversary of the individual's birth.1. Example: A person born on January 1, 1943, is considered to be age sixty (65) as of December 31, 2007, and meets the definition of an aged individual in the month of December 2007. A person born January 2, 1942, meets the definition of an aged individual in January 2008.23 Miss. Code. R. 102-5.2
42 CFR §435.522 (Rev. 1993).