Look at the obit's lately? Baby-boomers are dropping like flies.
I think the whole "living longer" thing is a myth....perpetrated by gov. types and other elitists who like to control the message for THEIR benefit.
Huh?
The average lifespan back in the days of implementing Social Security was 62.
People are definately living longer than that nowadays.
You are correct. The "average life expectancy" cited is from birth, which has changed dramatically, but only because of changes in infant and child mortality. Life expectancy at age 40 has changed very little in the past two hundred years.