In comparison, the potential exposure to BPA from use of dental sealants on a child of average weight, based on the assumptions above, is 0.037 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. This exposure level is more than 50,000 times lower than the LD50 values that have been reported for BPA.
U.S. expectancy in 2011 was 78.7 years, which is slightly below the OECD average of 80.1. For U.S. men, the average life expectancy is 76, while it's 81 for U.S. women. (At five years, this gap in life expectancy between men and women is smaller than the OECD average of six years). The U.S. life expectancy comes in just behind Slovenia, at 80.1 years, and Denmark, at 79.9 years.
For adults, the healthy BMI range is from 18.5 to 24.9, regardless of age or gender, and anything over this means you are considered overweight for your height. The average BMI for women age 20 and older is 28.7. Women 80 years and older have the lowest average BMI, at 26.7, followed by those between 20 and 29 years old, at 27.5, and women from 60 to 69 have the highest, at 29.6.