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Saloni Dattani

What Saloni Dattani thinks about demographics

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Researcher at Our World in Data with a PhD in psychiatric genetics, and founding editor of Works in Progress. Writes Scientific Discovery, a newsletter on medical research and long-run trends in health and mortality.

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  1. Our readingLife expectancy is not a prediction of how long people alive today will live.

    Their wordsLife expectancy isn’t a prediction of how long people will live.

    ↗Seven things you didn't know about life expectancyscientificdiscovery.dev 1st of 6 in this piece

  3. Our readingWomen outlive men because their death rates are lower at every age, not because men die in accidents and violence.

    Their wordsBut women actually tend to live longer than men because they have lower death rates across their lifespans, which you can see in the chart below.

    ↗Seven things you didn't know about life expectancyscientificdiscovery.dev 3rd of 6 in this piece

  5. Our readingEvery predicted ceiling on human life expectancy has so far been broken.

    Their wordsMany other predictions have already been broken, as life expectancy has continued to rise.

    ↗Seven things you didn't know about life expectancyscientificdiscovery.dev 4th of 6 in this piece