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Life expectancy in the US
Yahoo/NBC ^ | Wed, November 3, 2021, 7:43 PM | Evan Bush

Posted on 11/04/2021 10:53:24 AM PDT by mvonfr

The United States had the second-steepest decline in life expectancy among high-income countries last year during the pandemic, according to a study of death data spanning several continents.

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The U.S. trend was among the worst.

U.S. men saw life expectancy fall by nearly 2.3 years, from about 76.7 to 74.4. Women lost more than 1.6 years of life expectancy, from about 81.8 to 80.2.

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Note1: some of this may be Covid, but most is likely due to Covid-fighting : vaccines and not only.

NOTE: we really do not know the goals of the regime.. perhaps, saving lives from the virus (anyone believes this?).. perhaps depopulation .. but also notice that the reduction of life expectancy by only a few years across the board will make Social Security way more stable.

1 posted on 11/04/2021 10:53:24 AM PDT by mvonfr
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To: mvonfr

Why do married men die younger?

They want to.


2 posted on 11/04/2021 10:54:52 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: mvonfr

I better increase my posting. I’m damn near at my expiration date.


3 posted on 11/04/2021 10:55:57 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Seruzawa

https://youtu.be/z3Z9cjKkqn4


4 posted on 11/04/2021 10:57:03 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: mvonfr
PS. Direct link to paper with data:

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-066768

5 posted on 11/04/2021 10:57:11 AM PDT by mvonfr
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To: mvonfr

Bill Gates is very disappointed it’s not happening faster.


6 posted on 11/04/2021 10:57:44 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: JonPreston

Remember…only the good die young. I am thinking I am looking at 90+ years.


7 posted on 11/04/2021 10:58:07 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: mvonfr
The United States had the second-steepest decline in life expectancy among high-income countries last year

There are consequences for voting Democrat.

8 posted on 11/04/2021 10:58:52 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: mvonfr

Good news! Hillary! should be expiring sooner than I had hoped! :)


9 posted on 11/04/2021 11:00:57 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: mvonfr

I was a bit surprised (& saddened) there was no baby boom during the last year or so.


10 posted on 11/04/2021 11:01:21 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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WHOA

I think this is very sloppy statistics.

Life expectancy is almost entirely a matter of infant mortality. If 100 children are born, and half of them die in a year, and the other half all live to be 80, then life expectancy works out to be 40 for that population.

You could get some of those 80 year olds to live longer, but it won’t change the number much. But if those infants start living to adulthood, your average life expectancy will soar.

COVID was killing old people, NOT children. I say that COVID should not have any appreciable effect on life expectancy.

If life expectancy in the US has decreased, then I would look elsewhere.


11 posted on 11/04/2021 11:01:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Alec Baldwin has killed more people than the Jan 6 protesters. And he will serve less jail time.)
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To: JonPreston

near expiration date....

God forbid.

Important fact that often is overlooked.
News stories almost always state the “life expectancy” FROM BIRTH TODAY.
Anyone currently alive has a different expectancy.

Example:
Age Life Expectancy-Male Life Expectancy-Female
74 11.80 years 13.66 years
75 11.18 years 12.97 years


12 posted on 11/04/2021 11:01:53 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: mvonfr

Getting a covid shot might cut your life expectancy even more.


13 posted on 11/04/2021 11:02:18 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Vermont Lt

😂👍


14 posted on 11/04/2021 11:02:28 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: mvonfr

Even without the Covid angle, U.S. demographic trends are driving these sorts of changes. If I’m not mistaken, average height and IQ have slipped a bit over the past few decades, and I read not long ago that the average IQ of American blacks has dropped about 2 points.


15 posted on 11/04/2021 11:02:38 AM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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not so sure the lower age av numbers are due to covid- i think our medical system has been lying about the numbers of people dying ‘from’ covid by including people who died from other causes but who had covid-

“Italian Institute of Health Drastically Reduces Its Official COVID Death Toll Number

The Italian Higher Institute of Health has drastically reduced the country’s official COVID death toll number by over 97 per cent after changing the definition of a fatality to someone who died from COVID rather than with COVID.

Italian newspaper Il Tempo reports that the Institute has revised downward the number of people who have died from COVID rather than with COVID from 130,000 to under 4,000.”

https://summit.news/2021/11/04/italian-institute-of-health-drastically-reduces-its-official-covid-death-toll-number/


16 posted on 11/04/2021 11:04:14 AM PDT by Bob434
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. I say that COVID should not have any appreciable effect on life expectancy.

Agree, of course.

Then the stats are based on increased number of deaths among young people -- but most likely not infants.

17 posted on 11/04/2021 11:04:34 AM PDT by mvonfr
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To: Seruzawa

I believe that in fact married men live longer, and married woman die sooner, than unmarried people. On average.


18 posted on 11/04/2021 11:04:35 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

That was an old joke by Henny Youngman, I think.


19 posted on 11/04/2021 11:08:29 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: ClearCase_guy
If life expectancy in the US has decreased, then I would look elsewhere.

Chicago, maybe?

20 posted on 11/04/2021 11:13:59 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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