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muriel_volestrangler

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31. Since 1960, male US life expectancy at 65 has gone up from 13 to 18; female from 16 to 20

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Sun Aug 28, 2016, 11:01 AM

Aug 2016

https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/life-expectancy-at-65.htm

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We are not "living longer" [View all] SHRED Aug 2016 OP

Interesting article nt lillypaddle Aug 2016 #1

Only politicians with their cushy desk jobs are living longer CRF450 Aug 2016 #2

Having power is a Wonderful drug. dubyadiprecession Aug 2016 #18

If we still add in 'infant mortality rates'... yallerdawg Aug 2016 #3

When you say living longer you have to ask compared to what? upaloopa Aug 2016 #6

The point is... SHRED Aug 2016 #8

Somebody is misrepresenting something. yallerdawg Aug 2016 #19

If you are averaging a group awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #57

Excerpt confuses maximum lifespan with expected lifespan.. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #4

I've been working on my family tree and I've discovered this to be true. A Brand New World Aug 2016 #5

Especially for women Freddie Aug 2016 #24

Same here - if you survived childhood, disease, warfare and accidents your lived as long csziggy Aug 2016 #26

I guess modern medicine is a waste of time. pintobean Aug 2016 #7

It has eliminated many childhood diseases SHRED Aug 2016 #9

Exactly. LisaL Aug 2016 #10

I understand that SHRED Aug 2016 #11

I wonder if the life-prolonging effects of modern medicine, Chemisse Aug 2016 #12

Life-prolonging effects of modern medicine resulted in average life span to be much longer than LisaL Aug 2016 #13

^^THIS SHRED Aug 2016 #14

I understand that. Chemisse Aug 2016 #15

"fewer" -- Stannis Baratheon EOM sammythecat Aug 2016 #47

True, unless we're women Warpy Aug 2016 #58

Not just in childhood, but much fewer died in childbirth. Ilsa Aug 2016 #64

The article overstates its point. By far. Igel Aug 2016 #37

More of us now get to live. MyshkinCommaPrince Aug 2016 #16

I never intended my OP to be a knock... SHRED Aug 2016 #17

Yeah, sorry. MyshkinCommaPrince Aug 2016 #28

In general, allergies are more common now. Chemisse Aug 2016 #22

Actually, we are indeed living longer. Here is the change in life expectancy at age 10, Nye Bevan Aug 2016 #20

This is more along the lines of what I suspected True Dough Aug 2016 #35

Extrapolating like that is nonsense! Helen Borg Aug 2016 #43

OK, just look at the lines from 1950 to 2016, and ignore the extrapolation (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2016 #54

Yup. Helen Borg Aug 2016 #55

I've learned that most people just don't understand this. dofus Aug 2016 #21

I've seen that a lot in historical fiction. Chemisse Aug 2016 #23

Working on my family tree, PatSeg Aug 2016 #25

Beyond a certain date Igel Aug 2016 #42

Most of my 19th century ancestors PatSeg Aug 2016 #53

OP Thread title is WRONG. We are living longer, as adults, accounting for infant mortality Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #27

And to continue the inquiry, are we living more intelligently? nolabels Aug 2016 #33

US health care is NOT enlightened. It is bizarre and byzantine. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #45

U.S. Health care just like many other areas in our national society are based on predatory model. nolabels Aug 2016 #52

KNR. n/t DirkGently Aug 2016 #29

A statistic is like a G String... meaculpa2011 Aug 2016 #30

Mmmm.....Good one!!!! LongTomH Aug 2016 #32

Since 1960, male US life expectancy at 65 has gone up from 13 to 18; female from 16 to 20 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #31

Exactly what the OP ignores and does not understand. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #51

Lots of conversation here SHRED Aug 2016 #34

Having "stirred up the debate", would you consider correcting the OP in light of it? Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2016 #36

Did you read the entire article? SHRED Aug 2016 #41

I understood what you were trying to convey. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #38

Your facts and thesis are wrong plus you have set up a straw man. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #44

Oh yes they are SHRED Aug 2016 #49

Except that the perception may be skewed Igel Aug 2016 #48

Your OP's subject line is false pintobean Aug 2016 #62

What has not been discussed in this thread is the impact of economic inequality on life expectancy LongTomH Aug 2016 #39

Exactly... paleotn Aug 2016 #50

This is really interesting ismnotwasm Aug 2016 #40

Here's some interesting data on the subject.... paleotn Aug 2016 #46

Anyone who has done extensive genealogy...... llmart Aug 2016 #56

Your age and agree with you on that one HockeyMom Aug 2016 #60

I'll be 70 in less than 3 years... llmart Aug 2016 #65

More are seeing the maximum expected lifespan. roamer65 Aug 2016 #59

Deceptive article bhikkhu Aug 2016 #61

They've done a great job marketing the "Americans are living longer" BS yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #63

I posted a piece on this years ago. If one lived past 35 they typically made it quite far. JanMichael Aug 2016 #66