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.
The life expectancy in the 1700s was about 47 years old The life expectancy in the 1700s was about 47 years old
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.
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.
The average life expectancy of a steel mill worker is around 65 to 70 years old. Working in a steel mill can be physically demanding and expose workers to various health risks, which can impact their overall life expectancy.
The average life expectancy in Russia is 70.46 years. The average life expectancy in the United States is 78.74 years.
The life expectancy of a male in the US in 1975 was around 68.2 years.
The life expectancy was about age 83.
The average life expectancy in the United States in 1935 was around 61 years.
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.
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In 1969, the life expectancy for males in the US was around 66.9 years, and for females it was around 74.7 years.
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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.
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.
The average life expectancy for babies born in the US in 2002 was around 77-78 years.