In addition, vitamin D can be produced by the skin with sunlight exposure, but this ability decreases with age and varies considerably by geography, time of day or year, skin melanin content (darker skin produces less vitamin D) and sunscreen use.

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While life expectancies have grown considerably since Social Security was introduced in 1937, this was mostly due to declining mortality at a young age.

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