Tag: life expectancy at birth
But life expectancy at birth has never been particularly relevant for Social Security. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that life expectancy at birth increased for the first time in four years. For decades, life expectancy had been on an upswing, rising a few months every year. But from…
Female longevity wasn’t always so common. In 2016, life expectancy at birth for women in the United States was 81.1, five years longer than that for men. Everywhere in the world, without exception, women live longer than men. However, a recent study by Claudia Goldin and Adriana Lleras-Muney points out that women did not always…
