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â¢ Get a life. In one study of healthy men and women with an average starting age of 71, Butler found the highest survival rates in those who had something to get up for in the morning, whether it was a job or a golf date.
Life expectancy is the average life span for an individual. Life expectancy figures are collected by national health systems and by projecting current mortality statistics. Life expectancy is generally given for a person born this year. For example, according to the CDC, anyone born in 2006 could expect to live about 77.5 years.