- Nov 07, 2020
Expectancy Quotes
On how long, and how well, we live.
These expectancy quotes center on life expectancy and public policy, comparing today's longer lifespans to when Social Security was created and linking increases to retirement age.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1900, the average life expectancy of a US citizen was 48, so most menopausal women were dead, which is not a great place to be.
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- Nov 07, 2020
While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot have the same effect on life expectancy. A cure for cancer would be miraculous and welcome, but it would lead to only a three-year increase in life expectancy at birth.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century is that life expectancy has doubled.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is clear that agriculture as we know it has experienced major changes within the life expectancy of most of us, and these changes have caused a major further deterioration of worldwide levels of nutrition.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
For decades, life expectancy steadily rose in Britain: and then, suddenly, just as the Tories took power and imposed austerity, this improvement ground to a halt.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world.
- Improvement
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- Nov 07, 2020
Research shows that if patients believe they are taking the real drug, they are more confident of improving and, so, improve even if they are actually on the placebo. Conversely, if they suspect they are taking the placebo, their expectancy of improvement declines, and so does their improvement.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The older you are when you buy an annuity, the shorter your life expectancy will be - so the greater a monthly paycheck the same sum of money will buy you. When interest rates are higher, the size of the paycheck for the same sum of money will rise also.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reality is that life expectancy has not improved for everyone. In fact, in some cases, life expectancy is actually decreasing.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Latinas' life expectancies are relatively long. When a current retiree hits 65 and begins receiving her benefit check, she can expect to live another 22 years. That life expectancy is higher than white women or men.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed.
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- Nov 07, 2020