This article begins with a fallacy based on "life expectancy", which is the expected age at death across all individuals. By far the highest mortality, historic

This article begins with a fallacy based on "life expectancy", which is the expected age at death across all individuals. By far the highest mortality, historically, was under five mortality; life expectancy went up in the 20th century primarily because infants are now less likely to die. If you consider mortality after age 20 there has only been a ~10 year increase in life expectancy.