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by lucozade
3293 days ago
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Indeed. The like for like historical comparisons [1] that cover the period of the paper to today lend themselves to a very different interpretation. If anything, life expectancy for a 65yo dropped a little through their "golden age" and has been increasing since. Also, if you do the 5yo comparison, life expectancy for a male was 54.6 in 1841 and 79.4 in 2011. As this information is trivially available and the life expectancy claim is central to their argument, it's hard not to conclude that the article is willfully misleading. [1] http://visual.ons.gov.uk/how-has-life-expectancy-changed-ove... |
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