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Same as always:
1. Ben Franklin (Declaration of Independence) passed away in 1790 at the age of 84.
2. Daniel Boone (Hunter & Explorer) passed on in 1820, age 85.
3. GEN John Fremont (US Army explorer of the west) passed away in 1890, age 77.
4. Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) passed on in 1910; age 74.
People live as long as they've always lived...it's just that there's MORE 84 year olds now, and more 85 year olds, and more 74 year olds, etc.
People have mis-used the word "more" when it comes to aging. People think that people are living longer today...they're not! See examples above...and that's just the tip of the iceburg. People aren't living any longer than they ever have...there's MORE PEOPLE REACHING THOSE YEARS; which has been (naturally) blown out of context to mean (falsely) people are living longer.
Using another example: "IF" there were 100,000 80 year olds in the United States in 1890; There "might" be 10 times that number (1 million) 80 year olds in the US in 1990. These numbers have been falsely grasped by television to say "people are living longer today." They're not living longer, just more people are surviving to age 80 (the number 80 being strictly used as an example).
The above is a complete misunderstanding of the term "life expectancy". While what is said is technically correct, it's not answering the question. Also, the above answer engages in a bit of sophistry: the implied statement is "People, on average, are living longer today" - no one really assumes the TV statement is stating that people are now living to be 140 (or whatever).
Life expectancy is an AVERAGE. What it means is this: for all the people at age X at this point in time, how old on average, will they live to? Normally, when we speak of Life expectancy, we're talking about babies born the year in question. That is, if someone says "What is the US life expectancy in 2010?", what that means is "How old can a baby born in 2010 expect to live, on average?".
Currently, a male baby born in 2010 has a life expectancy of 75.7 years, and a female baby 80.8 years, according to the US Census Bureau.
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What was the average life expectancy in the 1700s?
The life expectancy in the 1700s was about 47 years old The life expectancy in the 1700s was about 47 years old
What is the life span of average an Indian?
The average life expectancy in India is 67 years old. The life expectancy in Switzerland is 85 years old. The life expectancy in the United States is 80 years old.
What is the life expectancy of people in Australia?
The CIA World Factbook states that 2010 figures for the life expectancy of people in Australia is 79.33 years for men and 84.25 years for women. Australia has the eighth highest life expectancy in the world.
What is the average life span of people in Russia?
The average life expectancy in Russia is 70.46 years. The average life expectancy in the United States is 78.74 years.
What is the life expectancy in the middle 1800s?
About 35-45 years.
What was the US average life expectancy in 1935?
The average life expectancy in the United States in 1935 was around 61 years.
What was the life expectancy for a male in 1865 in the US?
The life expectancy was about age 83.
What is the life expectancy of the US?
The total life expectancy in the U.S. is 78.14 years at birth, about 5 years less than Canada's life expectancy, 83.81 years.
Life expectancy in US 2008?
none
What is the average life expectancy on the US?
78.4 years
What is the US' life expectancy for men and women?
80
What has has led to longer life expectancy in the US?
Penicillin
Do Citizens in the US have the longest life expectancy when compared to all other countries in the world?
The Japanese have the longest life expectancy in the world, not the US. The US rates closer to 34th-36th in nations of the world in terms of life expectancy, one of the lower rate among the developed world.
In South America which country has the lowest life expectancy?
Life expectancy refers to the average length of time a person can expect to live. In the US, the life expectancy is around 80 years of age. In South America, the country with the lowest life expectancy is Guyana, with a life expectancy of 63.32 years of age.
What is 75 . 6 equal?
75.6 equals the life expectancy of a male in the US. This is outdated information. The current life expectancy for males is approximately to 77 years.
Which US state has the lowest life expectancy?
Alaska, 69 years
What does US rank in life expectancy?
In fat people or regular people
