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by aabaker99 1333 days ago
"Life expectancy" is short hand for life expectancy at birth, but other life expectancies such as life expectancy at age 65 are also measured. For instance, https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/life-expectancy-at-65.htm
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The conditional distribution of time-to-death is how I interpret it after conversation with my actuary fellow friend. "Conditional on being in this well-defined population, how long until I die in expectation?"