Ooops, in my previous post (hasn't appeared yet) I said the life-expectancy-at-birth figures were from 50-plus years ago; actually this chart has life expectancy at birth in 1990, so it's really just 23 years ago. But the principle is correct: the older a population is, the higher its average life expectancy compared to what it was at birth. We'd need to find a chart from the '40s-50s to know how much it's gone up since then. (And of course there are also medical advances that account for some of the rise.)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > [graphic showing rising life expectancy] > > So regardless, most people are dead before 80 = make use of your time > while you are here. > > > > > > > > The book in manuscript is now online and can be read > > at his wordpress site: > > > > http://lbshriver.wordpress.com/guru-dev-lectures/ > > > > "Rocks are Melting" > > > > http://lbshriver.wordpress.com/ > > > > The Everyday Teachings of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati > > [Jagadguru Shankaracharya, Jyotir Math, Himalayas, 1941-53] > > Compiled by Rameswar Tiwari > > Edited and Introduction by L. B. Shriver > > Translation Edited and Annotation by Cynthia A. Humes > > >
