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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5326267" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>There&#039;s a difference between life expectancy and life span.&nbsp; If you have two children and one lives to one and the other lives to 70 their life expectancy is 35.&nbsp; People born in 1800 and died in 1840 didn&#039;t grow old and gray and died.&nbsp; They got an illness that killed them at 40.&nbsp; My dad was born in 1939.&nbsp; His life expectancy then was much lower than today.&nbsp; But if you drive around Florida you&#039;ll see millions living into their 70&#039;s, 80&#039;s, and beyond.&nbsp; If a human stays healthy he could expect even in the 1800&#039;s to live a long life.&nbsp; President Martin van Buren who was president in the 1840&#039;s had two grandsons who as of a few years ago were still alive in their late 80&#039;s.&nbsp; Go to large older graveyards and you&#039;ll see plenty of markers of older people.&nbsp; And hard work doesn&#039;t necessarily kill you more than those who live sedentary lifestyles.&nbsp; What we have going for us now is a lot of medicine that extends life.&nbsp; Disease that&#039;s been cured or at least managed with meds.&nbsp; Drug addiction, car wrecks, gun violence, disease, etc all contribute to killing people early and bringing life expectancy down.&nbsp; The opioid crisis and Covid have in the last few years brought U.S. life expectancy down.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5326267, member: 24302"] There's a difference between life expectancy and life span. If you have two children and one lives to one and the other lives to 70 their life expectancy is 35. People born in 1800 and died in 1840 didn't grow old and gray and died. They got an illness that killed them at 40. My dad was born in 1939. His life expectancy then was much lower than today. But if you drive around Florida you'll see millions living into their 70's, 80's, and beyond. If a human stays healthy he could expect even in the 1800's to live a long life. President Martin van Buren who was president in the 1840's had two grandsons who as of a few years ago were still alive in their late 80's. Go to large older graveyards and you'll see plenty of markers of older people. And hard work doesn't necessarily kill you more than those who live sedentary lifestyles. What we have going for us now is a lot of medicine that extends life. Disease that's been cured or at least managed with meds. Drug addiction, car wrecks, gun violence, disease, etc all contribute to killing people early and bringing life expectancy down. The opioid crisis and Covid have in the last few years brought U.S. life expectancy down. [/QUOTE]

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