> but 10 or 15 years … it’s an immense difference IIRC there is a huge decrease for the last few percentiles. For males the difference between 50th percentile

> but 10 or 15 years … it’s an immense difference IIRC there is a huge decrease for the last few percentiles. For males the difference between 50th percentile and 80th is about 2 years, and about 6 years compared to the top 1%. For women the curve still exists but is a lot less steep. Interestingly in some more well-off areas like New York City the life expectancy is fro the 10th and 50th percentiles is almost the same and then it start increasing at a much faster pace.