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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:29 AM Sep 2018

Average age of women in America is 85?

I just heard Rick Santorum say that on C-SPAN this morning
as I was surfing the channels.

I kept moving to other channels.

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Average age of women in America is 85? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 OP

Likely meant life span DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #1

I'm guessing you misinterpreted. brooklynite Sep 2018 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 #3

Another actual man-on-dog fact. dchill Sep 2018 #4

Average LIFE EXPECTANCY, for CANADIAN females born in 2018. raging moderate Sep 2018 #5

DeminPennswoods

(15,290 posts)

1. Likely meant life span

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:30 AM

Sep 2018

That sounds about right as I know women's life span was in the low 80s.

brooklynite

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2. I'm guessing you misinterpreted.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:32 AM

Sep 2018

It's not the average age; it's the average life-span.

(FWIW, it's actually 81: https://www.statista.com/statistics/274513/life-expectancy-in-north-america/)

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dchill

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4. Another actual man-on-dog fact.

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Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:45 AM

Sep 2018

Courtesy Rick Christorum.

raging moderate

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5. Average LIFE EXPECTANCY, for CANADIAN females born in 2018.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:50 AM

Sep 2018

This is not a hard statistic, but a speculative projection of what the future may hold for the women of US, Canada, and the North American continent, if all goes well. In this study, the figure of 85 was projected only for females born in CANADA in 2018, while those born in USA were projected to probably have an average lifespan of 81 years. Furthermore, it is not the same as the average age, or the average age at death currently, which are somewhat lower, especially for the US and more especially for some subgroups of females in the US, whose average age at death has actually gone down slightly in recent years. Republicons would like us to believe that we are all living much longer now and therefore should retire much later in life than the midsixties, but this is not true.

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