At a time when average life expectancy was 47, few lived long enough to get cancer.
The European Health Report also reveals big inequalities in average life expectancy between different countries.
When America brought in its Social Security system in 1935, average life expectancy was only 62.
According to the survey, residents in Shetland have a higher-than-average life expectancy of over 77 years.
Can we be certain why average life expectancy in Italy is 81.5 years compared to 79.9 in the UK?
Average life expectancy is 79 years, a longevity rate topped in Asia only by Japan.
By comparison, the average life expectancy of a new car in 1930 was a scant 6.75 years.
Japanese now lead the world in longevity, with women enjoying an average life expectancy of 83 years.
Ten years ago, the average life expectancy for a woman retiring at 65 stretched to her 84th birthday.
Years ago, when the government retirement program was put in place, average life expectancy was 68 years old.
Average life expectancy in four countries - Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and Swaziland - is now less than 40 years.
The average life expectancy for a cystic fibrosis patient is only 30 years.
His achievement is nothing short of remarkable, not least because the average life expectancy of Kenyan males is 46.
The current Average Life Expectancy tables published by the National Center for Health Statistics is 79.9 years of age.
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This means that if you have a less-than-average life expectancy, you may be better off taking Social Security earlier.
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Annuities have traditionally been a good bet for those with above-average life expectancy.
One of the proposals was to tie the retirement age to 85% of the Average Life Expectancy here in America.
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In the UK, the average life expectancy in 2010 was 80 years - 82.5 years for females and 78.5 for males.
While many Asian countries worry about aging populations, Cambodia seems stuck in another era, where average life expectancy barely exceeds 50 years.
"Those individuals have probably among the highest average life expectancy that we know of in the US of 88 years, " he said.
The gap in average life expectancy in the most and least deprived communities is 19 years for men and 18 years for women.
Although the average life expectancy for a 65-year old man is 85 and 88 for a woman, your life expectancy may not be average.
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Women and anyone else with an above average life expectancy tend to do better because they typically collect benefits for a longer period of time.
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The others had died in 1969 (ie, at the age of 73, the average life expectancy at birth of women born around Boston in 1896).
In some, average life expectancy has doubled over the past century.
In Glasgow's Springburn area, the average life expectancy of men was found to be 66, while those living in Shettleston can expect to die at 64.
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During that time average life expectancy increased from 30 to almost 46 years from the time of diagnosis, according to the data, reported in the BMJ.
In 2011, the average life expectancy of Russian males was actually 64, and Russian males last had a life expectancy of 59 or lower in 2005.
Residents tended to be fit and well - with 93.3% reporting good health - and there was a higher than average life expectancy of 78.2 years.
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With the average life expectancy 76.2 years for men and 81.3 for women, the Court may see quite a bit of turnover in the coming four years.
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