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Re:Is Life Expectancy Finally Topping Out? by bregma on Thursday April 25, 2019 @08:46AM (#19747460)
Yes. When most people say "life expectancy" they mean "life expectancy at birth." Even in the depths of the middle ages when life expectancy at birth was around 30 years, most people who lived to adulthood lived into their 60s and 70s.
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Re:Is Life Expectancy Finally Topping Out? by toasterlovin on Thursday April 25, 2019 @05:21PM (#19752634)
I think the OP is specifically trying to say that most lay people do not actually mean "life expectancy at birth" when they use the term "life expectancy", but instead mean "how long I, a person who has reached adulthood, can expect to live". I agree with OP, FWIW.
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