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Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 30 years to prove

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201 points andsoitis | 2 comments | 15 Oct 24 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.502s | source
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aucisson_masque ◴[15 Oct 24 22:04 UTC] No.41853580[source]▶
> Can we overcome ageing?

75% American are overweight..

Just let it sink a second, they speak about how many baby born after 2000 will reach 100 years old, how we are reaching the absolute limit of human survival.

75% overweight... Everyone know fat people don't live long. I bet all the studies done in the 90's that predicted we would easily be able to reach 100 years old didn't take that into account.

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EasyMark ◴[16 Oct 24 00:07 UTC] No.41854356[source]▶
That’s a bizarre hill to die on, I see all kinds of larger people survive into their 90s when I was living near and volunteering at a nursing home as a teenager
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1. renewiltord ◴[16 Oct 24 01:49 UTC] No.41854860[source]▶
That’s the funny thing: at homes and nursing homes all around America you will find WW2 veterans. One could conclude that WW2 wasn’t dangerous from that, I suppose.
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2. s1artibartfast ◴[17 Oct 24 19:40 UTC] No.41873038[source]▶
You could conclude that WW2 wasnt 100% fatal. Actual death rates was about 1 in 40, ie 2.5%

Depending on your priors, This may be a lot or not