To: Professor Dotcomm who wrote (82171 ) 2/16/2002 6:17:41 PM From: E. Charters Read Replies (1) | Respond to Life expectancy at birth is not rising. It was 72 years in 1950. It is lower now. Perhaps 70 or less years. Canada does not lead the world in life expectancy. The chances of dying in a less developed country by the time you get to 50 is about the same as our country.(and incidentally stomach ulcers too. Never let an adult kiss a young child, except its mother. Never let an ulcer prone person touch a young child.) , is also far more prevalent in dirtier environments, so that cause of death is far higher. After you subtract infant mortality and war, the death rates of most developing countries is not that much less than hours. The idea that average age of death is now much longer, meaning people are living longer, sort of makes you wonder where the bible got its dictum of man being given 3 score and ten years of life.
