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> Life expectancy is a statistical average of the number of years a human lives
Therefore, if 3 people live until 110, and the fourth dies at 30, life expectancy is 90 years.
In another part of his comment, tokenadult mentioned another estimate that means what you're describing:
> Girls born since 2000 in the developed world are more likely than not to reach the age of 100
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> Life expectancy is a statistical average of the number of years a human lives
Therefore, if 3 people live until 110, and the fourth dies at 30, life expectancy is 90 years.
In another part of his comment, tokenadult mentioned another estimate that means what you're describing:
> Girls born since 2000 in the developed world are more likely than not to reach the age of 100