Life expectancy at birth is different from life expectancy at given age. Each year you manage to survive after birth increases your current life expectancy, because you already managed to avoid all causes of death up to that point.

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exasperaited 2 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, I amended my comment but it's still pretty solid. Her average life expectancy assessed at age 65 would have been 85.

(And assessing the average woman of her age now is not likely to change it that much; AFAIK life expectancy in the USA is actually falling slightly across all age groups)

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Qem 2 days ago | parent [-]

> And assessing the average woman of her age now is not likely to change it that much

The issue is, she's not an average woman, at least in terms of physical fitness.

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exasperaited 2 days ago | parent [-]

She's a hell of an anecdatum but she's still an anecdatum.

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nmdeadhead 2 days ago | parent [-]

Assuming no lying or cheating, the plural of anecdote is existence proofs.

	▲	exasperaited a day ago \| parent [-]
		Yes but she is singular.