[PW] ? Life Expectancy - From 65 years Onward - Country Ranking

[Barbara Bussart]

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=168
This site lists from birth and from age 65 for the UK countries.  It's a
start!

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Thornlow, Bruce <Thornlowb at ndu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues -
> I dearly hope you can help me with the following complicated question.
> The patron has already seen the 'CIA's Rank Order - Life expectancy at
> Birth by Countries of the World' page (the US is ranked #47) See
> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/21
> 02rank.html, and now he wants to know if a similar list exists for 'Life
> Expectancy' beginning with 65 years forward.  In other words, when a
> person of a particular country turns 65 years old, how much longer
> should he expect to live...and the Patron needs this information by
> country ranking. What country at the top? Who's next, etc. The Patron is
> writing an article and is trying to prove that although the U.S. is #47
> in the world in general, it would rank much higher in the world after
> the age of 65, due to the availability of Medicare. Foe example, he
> makes the point that there are more MRIs given in the Detroit, then the
> entire country of Canada. I'm not inviting debate, so please bite your
> tongue before expressing personal opinions. So, is there such a list
> available?  I've checked the WHO and the UN, but not OECD yet. Does
> anyone have any ideas where I can find this type of data?  Thank you in
> advance.
> Regards,
> Bruce
> thornlowb at ndu.edu
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