[gampleman]

Exactly. While life expectancy from adulthood (say 20 yo) has increased (i.e. UK males have gone from expected average 60y to 80y between 1841 to 2011 [1]), it hasn't increased nearly as much as the life expectancy from birth (i.e. 33% vs 98% increase over that period).

[1]: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...

[levocardia]

The increase for a 40 year old is still nearly 14 years of extra life, though. That's a big difference.