| We have one of the highest life expectancies in the world: 77 years for men and 82 years for women. |
| Citizens of economically underdeveloped countries typically have shorter life expectancies than do citizens of the developed countries. |
| As life expectancies increase and we become more healthy in old age, sexagenarians may well want to do things undreamed of by their predecessors. |
| Canadians have one of the world's highest life expectancies but Aboriginal people can expect to live a decade less on average. |
| Then there were the wars and depressions, the material privations, Dickensian working conditions and relatively short life expectancies. |
| This is partially owing to demographic ageing brought on by lower fertility rates and longer life expectancies in industrialized countries. |
