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My Pet Orangutan

(9,324 posts) Thu Feb 18, 2021, 07:27 AM Feb 2021

I chose the English speaking world for populations with comparable diets and lifestyles.
Source: https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/

Other countries with a male life expectancy of 76 years include Algeria, Morocco, Panama, and Iran.

There are pre-pandemic numbers.

American Life Expectancy Dropped By A Full Year In The First Half Of 2020 (to 75yrs)
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/18/968791431/american-life-expectancy-dropped-by-a-full-year-in-the-first-half-of-2020

Demographics - life expectancy black males 72.2yrs; white males 76.6yrs; (2015)
Life expectancy at age 65: black males 16.4yrs. white males 18.0yrs; (2015)

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2017/015.pdf