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Well, if that is true, then why is German statistically the country with the highest average age in the world (on par with Japan), even though their food is qui
by _ak 11y ago
Well, if that is true, then why is German statistically the country with the highest average age in the world (on par with Japan), even though their food is quite bland?
- smegel 11y ago"Well, if that is true, then why are Germany and Japan statistically the countries with the highest average age in the world, even though both countries' food is quite bland?" FTFY
- dragonwriter 11y agoBecause population aging is more driven by birth rate and immigration policy than life expectancy.
- dmichulke 11y agoGermany is nowhere near the top (#19 with 9 other countries) although there's also not much lacking either https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...
- _ak 11y agoI don't think you understand what average resp. median age means. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_median_age https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_median_... Japan and Germany are the ones with highest median age.
- dmichulke 11y agoI must have misunderstood your original comment because "the highest average age" has clearly nothing to do with life expectancy. Then again, why do you cite the average or median age if the original article is about life expectancy? My corrected response to your original comment would be: Because the birth rates are so low that the lack of children "raises" the median age.
- raverbashing 11y agoYou obviously never had currywurst Or kebabs with spicy sauces
- radicalbyte 11y agoBecause access to healthcare and the quality thereof dominates; and German randomly fall at the upper-ends of the acceptable statistical bounds when comparing Western countries? :)