Why do aortic aneurysms typically result in death

Answers:
An aortic aneurysm is a blowout about to happen.
If it never ruptures then the person can live indefinitely -
but if it does tear then you can lose your entire blood supply in under a minute.
That's fatal - 100% of the time.
Unless you are very lucky (have the rupture in an operating room) it is not survivable. (The pain as the tear begins is often the only warning).
Aortic aneurysm is automatically fatal as this medical emergency suddenly curtails blood supply to the body. See http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aorticaneurysm.html.
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