I just read this on wikipedia - so take it with the necessary grain of salt.
Reduction of infant mortality has accounted for most of this increased average longevity, but since the 1960s mortality rates among those over 80 years have decreased by about 1.5% per year.
105 posted on 09/02/2011 1:38:32 PM PDT by colorcountry
(Comforting lies are not your friends. Painful truths are not your enemies.)