On 4/7/2010 8:28 AM, Jerry wrote:
> On Apr 7, 6:05 am, > wrote:
>> Baloney. Life expectancy has gone up.
> Life expectancy is a tricky thing. There used to be a high death rate
> of young children. What is the life expectancy of people 10 years and
> older?
>
> Also longevity is not the same as health. To live long with a health
> problem that does not kill is not the same as being healthy. Do not
> confuse between longevity and health.

US today uses expectancy based on live births. This makes it somewhat
lower than other nations that will not count premature births or kids
that last less than a certain time period.

Tell those with health problems being managed that they are better off
dead. I know of very few that would agree with you.

I personally had a couple of incidents where surgical procedures that
saved me were not around in the 50's.

I still say, op is full of it.