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That’s a common “fun fact” but it’s been so overdone people are probably now erring more to the other side. Here’s a graph: http://www.roperld.com/science/graph
by matt4077 7y ago
That’s a common “fun fact” but it’s been so overdone people are probably now erring more to the other side. Here’s a graph: http://www.roperld.com/science/graphics/LifeExpectancyForDiffAgesFit.jpg http://www.roperld.com/science/graphics/LifeExpectancyForDif...
As an example, in the 20th Century, life expectancy at birth rose from about 40 to 77 years. But for 20 year olds, it also went from 34 to 59 additional years.
- Retric 7y agoThat does not seem to be accurate for the US from 1900 looking at a life table. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/lifetables/life1890-1910.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/lifetables/life1890-1910.pdf Page 52 Men in 1900 life expectancy at 20: 42.48 Page 54 Women in 1900 life expectancy at 20: 43.6 The Social Security life table for 2016 lists 56.91 years at 20 a gain of ~13.9 years in the last 116. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html
- raverbashing 7y ago56 looks like a small number compared with other developed countries
- tgb 7y agoIt's additional years of life - so 76 total.