Mon Mar 29 08:21:02 EST 2004
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Does anyone have a good answer for this question?
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Von: Molinari, Luciano [mailto:Luciano.Molinari at kispi.unizh.ch]
Gesendet: Montag, 29. März 2004 14:49
An: 'John Komlos'
Betreff: Are we getting older?
Dear John,
Has the proportion of older people been increasing in recent years. Well, of
course it has, I guess. But can we go a little farther?
Is my life expectation after 60 (that is assuming that I am alive at 60,
which is exactly my case) higher than it was a hundred years ago? or for my
parents? And what about the life expectation after 80 or 90?
Or perhaps even more subtle: has the life expectation of very old HEALTHY
people, been increasing in the recent past? Of course many, most, people die
for some specific medical reason, but what about the others?
Does the question make sense? What is your opinion? Are you aware of some
recent paper on this topic?
And where could one find suitable data to study the problem?
Best regards,
Luciano
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