A Swiss Re report examining the accuracy of mortality projection models includes several interesting facts about life expectancy. Here are a few of our favourties from that report (plus a few others from elsewhere).
A Swiss man (this is a Swiss Re report, after all) born in 1900 would live to an average of 51. A Swiss man born in 2000 could expect to live to 85. Mathematician Benjamin Gompertz was the first to observe in 1825 that mortality rates increase exponentially with age. The chance of death approximately doubles every eight years of life. In the US between 2000 and 2010 (according to ABC News and Med Page Today) there were 40% fewer known cases of heart disease. One longevity projection model predicts a woman who is aged 65 today can expect to live another 20.9 years and a 75-year-old 13...
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