life expectancy

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    • overall trends
      increase of 40.7 years for men and 37 for women 1900 - 2013
      = 2 yrs per decade
      babies now have greater chance of reaching 65th birthday than baby in 1900s did of reaching its first
    • radical longevity - HARPER
      lots more people living to 100
      predicted to be over 1 million in 2100
    • class, gender and regional differences in life expectancy
      women live longer but gap has narrowed
      those living in north and scotland = lower life expectancy
      working class men in unskilled / routine jobs 3x more likely to die before 65
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