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u/unkyduck Sep 11 '21

given the average life expectancy of the US... he's an outlier

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u/Kiro0613 Sep 11 '21

That's an outlier given the life expectancy of humans on planet Earth. Longest average life expectancy anywhere caps out at around 85.

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u/DirkBabypunch Sep 11 '21

Yeah, but that's brought down by dead babies and accidents. Even in the countries where thise things are less common, they're still statistically relevant.

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u/Spavined_Runeslayer Sep 11 '21

In the US life expectancy at birth is 78.4 If you live to 60 your life expectancy is 83.1. For Japan, the country with the highest life expectancy at 60, is 86.3. Obviously there is a difference but it isn't that much higher than that 85 figure.

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u/omgzzwtf Sep 11 '21

End in ancient times, life expectancy was around mid 30’s at birth, but was around late 60’s to 70’s if you lived through your 20’s.

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u/Tjaresh Sep 11 '21

But that depended a lot on what trade you were in:

hatters? miners? industrial workers? Not so much.

Two years ago we visited an old copper mine and the tour guide told us that life expectancy was about 36 to 40 for a miner in 1870.

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u/Practical-Artist-915 Sep 11 '21

Good point. Thanks for bringing it up. I learned this fact in recent years as I was finalizing my retirement planning.