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The link is to a very, very old article, from a very, very prestigious journal, The New England Journal of Medicine. I subscribed to it for years. Brings back great memories.
I have no idea whether the data holds up almost 30 years later, but my hunch: it does.
My hunch: the US also did much, much better through the plague years, 2020 and 2021.
- the vaccines were available in the US much earlier than other countries; and,
- compared to some countries (I'm thinking of Sweden, here) the US was much more proactive.
Life expectancy at birth by birth year, link here:
Life expectancy "now" for those in their 70s: link here:
My wife will outlive me by one year. That's an important data point with regard to investing, insurance, etc.
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