Life Expectancy

In Missouri, the average person born in 2021 could expect to live to be 74.6 years old, a whole three years younger than the average age ten years ago. The state’s drop is part of a nationwide decline, though the life expectancy in Missouri is lower than the United States average.

To measure how healthy a community is, health experts often look to life expectancy – how long a person is expected to live assuming no major…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 31, 2012 - I came across an interesting statistic the other day. It was derived from actuarial…