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EU, life expectancy reaches 81.5 years

c/europe · u/kermexx@lemm.ee · 102 points

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u/Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 4 points

Instead of the comma there should be a colon. It's not the life expectancy of the European Union, but of it's residents.

u/Jimius@lemmy.ml · 12 points

But are they aging healthily? I work in a healthcare setting and there are so many 70-somethings that are barely functioning.

I'd rather have a 75 year expectancy but with a high level of health (which includes independence and function) than add 10 years of poor health and constant care just to die miserable.

u/Tudsamfa@lemmy.world · 7 points

Can't wait until the conservative politicians quote this statistic to raise the retirement age... again.

u/brot@feddit.org · 7 points

So if you start your work life at 16 and retire at 67, that will give you 51 years working, 14,5 years in retirement and 16 years as a child. That is the "best" case here in Germany, most people won't work that long, other countries have lower retirement ages and many people are doing additional schooling and university. But even that means that you have to put away / pay into retirement fund 14,5/51 = 28% of your income during your work life to support your retirement.

u/Saleh@feddit.org · 6 points

This will drop off again with climate desasters and wars to come. The Boomers and Gen X will see most of the benefits of the technical advances, without seeing most of the consequences.