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Here, Sweden – which links the retirement age to life expectancy, thereby expanding a productive “silver” workforce – shows the way.
But then, yet a few decades later and reinforced by longer life expectancy and sharply lower birth rates, the system goes bust: tax inflows are insufficient to balance the outflows in the form of payments to retirees.
The social-insurance systems in Europe, as in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere, were designed under vastly different economic and demographic circumstances – more rapid economic growth, rising populations, and lower life expectancy – from those prevailing today.
Women’s longer life expectancy has long been linked to differences in “biological pre-disposition,” with theories ranging from the protection afforded by women’s lower iron levels to the absence of “extra” genes on men’s Y chromosome.
Settling in smoggy Beijing will use up roughly an additional 2-3 microlives per day, implying a reduction in life expectancy of almost three years.
But the aging clock can also be slowed down – 20 minutes of daily exercise will extend life expectancy by two microlives per day (unless done in the smog), and drinking two or three cups of coffee daily saves an additional microlife per day.
And, in terms of the wider gains, one study found that a five-year improvement in life expectancy can translate into a 0.5-percentage-point increase in annual per capita income growth.
Countries in one group had low average life expectancy, from 28 years in Mali to just under 50 years in El Salvador.
And countries in the second, much less populous group enjoyed higher average life expectancy – up to 73 years in Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
Much of this increase in life expectancy around the world is a result of declining child mortality.
In Iceland, for example, the average life expectancy for men and women is 81 and 84, respectively.
But life expectancy can also vary significantly within countries, between rich and poor.
In just the last 15 years, the average life expectancy of the wealthiest 5% of Americans has increased by two years for men, and three years for women.
Over the same period, the average life expectancy of the poorest 5% Americans has increased by just three months for men, and hardly at all for women.
Like recent reports about many Americans’ deteriorating health, this difference in life expectancy seems to reflect not just income and wealth inequality, but also unequal access to health care.
If they succeed, life expectancy in the United States would most likely continue to decline, relative to other developed countries.
Between 1960 and today, for example, average life expectancy in the US increased from 70 to 79 years, whereas in Italy it increased from 69 to 83 years.
Average US life expectancy has increased more slowly than in Europe partly because many white middle-aged Americans have, since 1999, been living shorter lives, owing to lifestyle-related diseases, opioid overdoses, and suicides.
It is extremely rare for any large cohort in a modern society to suffer such a decline in life expectancy.
Why?Life expectancy in the US is relatively high, and neonatal and maternal mortality rates are relatively low.
Counting What Counts in DevelopmentNEW YORK – To most people, “development” is best measured by the quantity of change – like gains in average income, life expectancy, or years spent in school.
Consider the statistics measured by the HDI – life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Life expectancy statistics suggest that the world is getting healthier, and data show that people are living longer than ever before; since 1990, average life expectancy has increased by around six years.
While life expectancy can be calculated based on birth and death records, indices that measure quality of life, like the WHO’s disability-adjusted life year estimates, require considerable amounts of information on a wide range of illnesses and disabilities in every country.
Infant mortality, child mortality, and life expectancy all correlate with rising income.
Since 1983, average life expectancy of individuals in their mid-sixties has increased by about three years.
Had the US, for example, focused more on health, rather than just on GDP, the decline in life expectancy among those without a college education, and especially among those in America’s deindustrialized regions, would have been apparent years ago.
Today, life expectancy exceeds 70 years in most countries; in some, it has risen beyond 80.
Increased life expectancy is causing the share of elderly people to grow, while economic development and urbanization reduce physical activity and increase consumption of processed food, alcohol, and tobacco.
Take changes in life expectancy.
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