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> The average age of coronavirus victims in Italy is 81. The average life expectancy is 82. A proper comparison would be the average life expectancy of someone
by erentz 7y ago
> The average age of coronavirus victims in Italy is 81. The average life expectancy is 82.
A proper comparison would be the average life expectancy of someone who is 81. The comparison you make gives the impression on average these people were all going to die next year which isn’t the case. E.g. in 1994 in the US the life expectancy of an 80 y/o male was 7 years, female 9 years. [1]
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/7565998/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/7565998/
- achenatx 7y agoyou can use this calculator to look at life expectancy at any age for most countries. For italy life expectancy at 80 is 89. https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/your-life-expectancy-by-age https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/your-life-expectancy-by-...
- ShorsHammer 7y agoBoth of us are using averages here, do you not see the flaw in this logic?