How come I am still here?
Seems like I am in the “At Risk” range - 60 to 70
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Maybe you are AI mnnn 
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Imma here afore Ai become a thing…
Bret, just think about this!
It wouldn’t be an average if some folks didn’t go earlier would it?
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Most of them live next to Israel.
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The great un-achievement of the last couple of decades in so many western countries is that average life expectancy is going down. This is corelated by the poor getting poorer as the rich get richer.
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Just realised that almost half of us will die before the average life expectancy.
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This is one instance where being Average could be deemed quite successful 
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At 75 I’m living in borrowed time Bret…
My Father in Law told me this true story…
His friend was over 80 years old and had heart trouble. His doctor had put him on 16 tablets to be taken each day.
He was chatting to my FiL in the pub and said that the side effects were horrible and he was going to stop taking all of the tablets…
Six months later, my FiL was stood at the bar when the old bloke approached him…
“Did you stop taking all of your tablets?” asked my FiL
“Yes I did” he replied…
“And are you feeling alright?”
“I’ve never felt better but the Doctor died last week” He said…
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I am the very opposite OGF. I keep on taking all the tablets I am prescribed and I have reached the age of 88.
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Take no notice of this scary stuff…
I read the average life expectancy for women in the UK in now 83 years … given my old lifestyle and recent medical history I should be 20 years short of that … and die when I reach 63.
I had my 64 th birthday this year.
Time to celebrate!
But not too energetically … just in case …obviously.
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I like how you slipped that little gem in.
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I think living longer has plateaued, for a spell life expectancy kept increasing as living standards and food improved. Now however with processed food, artificial additives and cheaper ingredients ones health is not getting any better.
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I don’t think it’s just poor diet, but a sedentary lifestyle and isolation that kills people early.
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Not for everyone. We seem to be witnessing another example of the split in society where the rich continue to gain, in this case life expectancy, and the poor decline and decline. And this trend is getting worse and worse.
Edit - on reflection, for the UK, the 50’s-80’s saw changes that greatly improved life expectancy for everyone. First obviously was free at point of delivery health care. Then came improved wages - thanks to the unions. Then came more awareness of the importance of good nutrition, especially for children, and the availability of a wider range of foods. Social care and welfare will also have had a positive impact. So, in summary, left wing politics is better for you.
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I don’t agree. Both rich and poor seem to have declining health outcomes. In the case of the former, poor lifestyle choices. Look at George Michael and David Bowie, how many millions and yet they died relatively young. It seems to be a generational thing. Sitting at home drinking, eating fast food and being isolated contributes to poor outcomes. Having more money doesn’t mean you don’t like a take away and booze.
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But, there is less chance of being run over by a bus!
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a contributory factor! in the past being run over by a bus would get you into the health system early on and treated.
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This is not correct and selecting a couple of rich people, who had led quite a wild life, does not build to a convincing argument. I was watching a TV programme on the future presented by (the fantastic) Hannah Fry. This episode was all about preventing aging. Right now scientists are working out how to produce umbilical cord blood in sufficient volume to make it commercially possible to sell it. It seems this blood has incredible life span enhancing properties. It will not be cheap.
I also offer my own individual example. David Koch was the billionaire co-owner of Koch Industries, second largest privately held company in the US. Makes George and David look like paupers. He was diagnosed with prostrate cancer in 1992 and died , wait for it … in 2019. Tell me that is not a life extended by wealth.
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Yes, life expectancy is increasing. In the U.S., it reached a record high of 79.0 years