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That doesn't seem to be true, the global expectancy is 73 and only a dozen of the wealthiest countries are mid 80s. I wouldn't be worried about dying at 70, but
by dreambuffer 3mo ago
That doesn't seem to be true, the global expectancy is 73 and only a dozen of the wealthiest countries are mid 80s. I wouldn't be worried about dying at 70, but maybe I'm built of tougher stuff.
- aroman 3mo agoYou say my claim is not true then proceed to acknowledge it is true. To be clear about the fact: about 1/4 of all countries have a life expectancy >80, and as you said, more than a dozen in mid-80s.
- dreambuffer 3mo agoWell, no, no country on earth has an expectancy in the mid 80s, I was being generous with your wording. 40-50 countries have expectancy between 80-84, which is early 80s. Most countries are sub-80.
- aroman 3mo agoNow you are retreating into semantics :) My original statement was that life expectancy in many countries is in the mid-80s. Which is, in fact, true. If you want to split hairs about what constitutes “mid”, you can, but I doubt many people would agree with you that age 84 does not qualify as “mid-eighties”.