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| Balrog0 04/24/18 9:50:55 AM #27: | Darkman124 posted... how much of the average life expectancy jump has been a result of infant mortality rate declines, vs actual people staying alive at older ages? hmm, I'm actually not sure what all the increase is attributable to, but actually (unless the government is lying to me): https://www.ssa.gov/planners/retire/background.html The original Social Security Act of 1935 set the minimum age for receiving full retirement benefits at 65. Congress cited improvements in the health of older people and increases in average life expectancy as primary reasons for increasing the normal retirement age. Since the program first began paying monthly Social Security benefits in 1940, the average life expectancy for men reaching age 65 has increased nearly 7 years to age 84.3, for women reaching age 65, their average life expectancy has increased nearly 7 years to age 86.6. --- It's one more thing we do to the poor, the deprived: cut out their tongues . . . allow them a language as lousy as their lives ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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