Well, you know, there was that covid thing that happened in 2020. I hear that some people died from that risk that is now fading away. Oh yeah, and there has been a bump from surging fentanyl deaths (sadly not fading away).
A more meaningful statistic might be gained by pulling out covid deat…
Well, you know, there was that covid thing that happened in 2020. I hear that some people died from that risk that is now fading away. Oh yeah, and there has been a bump from surging fentanyl deaths (sadly not fading away).
A more meaningful statistic might be gained by pulling out covid deaths, then comparing life expectancy in 2019 vs 2022 in those who reach older years. Say, life expectancy for those who reach some milestone age. Maybe 60? 65? Whatever age the statisticians typically look at to signify elders. My guess is that there would be little-to-no change in life expectancy.
So, if you survived the initial covid bump, and you just avoid drug death, I would expect that life goes on as in the before-times (at least as far as length of old age goes).
Agree. The older you get, the longer your life expectancy. An 82 year old has a much better chance of making it to 84, than an 18 year old.
I suspect it is more than just COVID, but what made a lot of older people susceptible to COVID was that they are already unhealthy, obesity being the biggest problem. The greatest generation has died off, leaving the silent generation as the last generation of relatively thin (not all of them) people. But now the silent types are on their way out, and the baby boomers are on deck and much fatter, so does not surprise me that the average age has decreased as silent types and baby boomers became the ones dying off.
About the drop in life expectancy after 2019...
Well, you know, there was that covid thing that happened in 2020. I hear that some people died from that risk that is now fading away. Oh yeah, and there has been a bump from surging fentanyl deaths (sadly not fading away).
A more meaningful statistic might be gained by pulling out covid deaths, then comparing life expectancy in 2019 vs 2022 in those who reach older years. Say, life expectancy for those who reach some milestone age. Maybe 60? 65? Whatever age the statisticians typically look at to signify elders. My guess is that there would be little-to-no change in life expectancy.
So, if you survived the initial covid bump, and you just avoid drug death, I would expect that life goes on as in the before-times (at least as far as length of old age goes).
Agree. The older you get, the longer your life expectancy. An 82 year old has a much better chance of making it to 84, than an 18 year old.
I suspect it is more than just COVID, but what made a lot of older people susceptible to COVID was that they are already unhealthy, obesity being the biggest problem. The greatest generation has died off, leaving the silent generation as the last generation of relatively thin (not all of them) people. But now the silent types are on their way out, and the baby boomers are on deck and much fatter, so does not surprise me that the average age has decreased as silent types and baby boomers became the ones dying off.