average life
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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One problem, as Fronstin puts it, is that “average” life expectancy doesn’t really help any individual very much — half of people will live longer than the average, and some will live much longer.
From MarketWatch
It took generations to get public health to the point we enjoy now, where average life expectancy in many places exceeds 80 years and we don’t have to worry too much about diseases like polio, smallpox or even relative newcomers like HIV.
From Salon
Average life expectancy in Denmark, at 80, is 10 years higher than in Greenland.
“That poor family…Those pilots go up there day after day to fight off the German attacks. Did you hear that the average life expectancy for a Spitfire pilot is just four weeks?”
From Literature
The average life expectancy at birth for women and men in 2024 increased to 81.4 years and 76.5 years, respectively, the report said.
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