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New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely

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215 points XzetaU8 | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 16:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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elicash ◴[30 Aug 25 18:04 UTC] No.45076760[source]▶
My understanding was that life expectancy has been declining for like a while, not merely slowing in gains -- first because of opioids and then because of COVID.

Edit: In the U.S. that is.

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hollerith ◴[30 Aug 25 18:08 UTC] No.45076792[source]▶
>life expectancy has been declining

Only in the US whereas the OP "analyzed life expectancy for 23 high-income and low-mortality countries".

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