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by dragonwriter 2736 days ago
> Anyone with a child born this year can expect that child to live past 2100.

Overall life expectancy at birth is not greater than 81 in the US, though it is at 81 for females.

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Oh, I'm in Canada, ours is over 82. Also, for people reading this who have a higher SES, I would expect their children to have a higher life expectancy.

I should have said "anyone university educated". In the US that adds ten years to life expectancy vs those without a high school degree:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435622/#!po=0....