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Re:You are the nth person alive on earth by martokus on Thursday October 27, 2011 @07:23AM (#3162517)
Ok, so I'm Bulgarian, male. Life expectancy 69 years - 10+ years less than the average for the western world. Poor me...
Re:You are the nth person alive on earth by RyanMcGreal on Thursday October 27, 2011 @08:59AM (#3162805)
In my city (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), there is a 20+ difference in life expectancy between the most affluent and most impoverished neighbourhoods. Even within countries, averages mask deep inequalities.
Re:You are the nth person alive on earth by nobody314 on Thursday October 27, 2011 @10:57AM (#3163402)
My city Vancouver, has the average life expectancy in Canada - but this is due to the population mix (lots of Japanese centenarians) not due to the medical benefits of rain.
Re:You are the nth person alive on earth by dhimes on Thursday October 27, 2011 @08:31AM (#3162709)
Life expectancy varies with age [e(x), with x = current age]. The key question is, how long can someone who is your age now expect to live? In other words, in some places may be hard to make it to, say, 40 years old, but if you do you may have a better chance of making it to 75. I don't know about Bulgaria particularly, however.
Re:You are the nth person alive on earth by Florin_Andrei on Thursday October 27, 2011 @11:13AM (#3163508)
I was born a little while north of you. What I would tell most guys born in that general region is: "quit smoking, drink less, and watch your diet". That should raise their life expectancy by a decade, I guess.
Re:You are the nth person alive on earth by joelhaasnoot on Thursday October 27, 2011 @08:15AM (#3162654)
Probably will change by the time you're that old, I'm expecting.