Life Expectancy

expected/predicted length-of-life

outcome of Public Health? or indicator?

some say standard Medicine (HealthCare) has made little/no difference!

• 2005-12-02-FogelTechEvolutionLifeExpectancy
• 2003-08-11-DruckerUniversalHealthcare
• 2007-10-01-HansonMedicineWaste
• Nassim Taleb: until penicillin, going to the doctor was worse than doing nothing. Humans did it anyway due to the Illusion Of Control.
  • cf OverTreated and Medical Error
• Arnold Kling thinks it's too soon to tell. 2005-03-28-CutlerHealthcare
• What about Quality Of Life?

cf Life Extension, Cause of Death