An alternative to life expectancy at birth is looking at the life expectancy at later years. A 40y woman in Brazil actually has about the same expected age at d

An alternative to life expectancy at birth is looking at the life expectancy at later years. A 40y woman in Brazil actually has about the same expected age at death as an American (~81y). Expectancies for a 40y man, and for 20y at both ages are somewhat lower in Brazil. This is easy to explain due to deaths by violence and traffic accidents. Funny to see that despite being chronically underfunded AND spending way less per capita than the US, the end results are similar.