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Re:China surpasses U.S. in life expectancy by delib on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:58PM (#32828736)
The concept is a bit confusingly named, but that doesn't make it "bogus".

(Period) life expectancy at birth summarizes the current health status of a population, nothing more, nothing less. It doesn't make a predictions about what happens in 2078.

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Re:China surpasses U.S. in life expectancy by PaulHoule on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:34PM (#32829190)
Yes, but it is rarely explained as what it is when it gets talked about. I think most people would assume that this is a prediction.
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