difference in life expectancy between Bangladesh and the US at age 60 is just 4 years. Which just means the deaths are front-loaded even more towards younger p

difference in life expectancy between Bangladesh and the US at age 60 is just 4 years. Which just means the deaths are front-loaded even more towards younger people. It doesn't matter how likely you are to live to X age once you're Y age when there are significant hurdles just to get to Y age. In 1850 in the US, the life expectancy of someone who made it to age 70 was to live another 10 years ~80 or so. Which sounds positive but this sort of thing is a completely useless statistic for evaluating the overall health challenges faced by any population. You can't just choose a later starting point in life, it only tells you one small part of the picture. A big part of this is the differences in socioeconomic status: Poorer people, especially in less developed societies, can't reach those hurdles: It was pretty hard in those times to live past 50 when you spend 12 hours a day 6 days a week underground in a coal mine, especially compared to someone from an affluent family with better access to healthcare and a job that isn't manual labor.