In article >,
Frank > wrote:

> On 4/7/2010 8:28 AM, Jerry wrote:
> > On Apr 7, 6:05 am, > wrote:
> >> Baloney. Life expectancy has gone up.
> > Life expectancy is a tricky thing. There used to be a high death rate
> > of young children. What is the life expectancy of people 10 years and
> > older?
> >
> > Also longevity is not the same as health. To live long with a health
> > problem that does not kill is not the same as being healthy. Do not
> > confuse between longevity and health.
>
> US today uses expectancy based on live births. This makes it somewhat
> lower than other nations that will not count premature births or kids
> that last less than a certain time period.
>
> Tell those with health problems being managed that they are better off
> dead. I know of very few that would agree with you.
>
> I personally had a couple of incidents where surgical procedures that
> saved me were not around in the 50's.
>
> I still say, op is full of it.

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