average life
Americannoun
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“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
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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.
More often, the steady toll of pervasive endemic disease was enough to keep average life expectancy somewhere in the mid-20s.
Reflecting those improved conditions, average life expectancy worldwide rose sharply for the first time in several centuries, from 46 years in 1950 to 72 years in 2020.
From Salon
Although he didn’t delve into people’s personal finances, he noticed many of them kept working long into their later years, especially in Japan, where the average life expectancy is about six years longer than in the U.S.
From MarketWatch
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