Life expectancy and a question
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The life expectancy of a Brazilian is 72.2 years in 2022 and was 76.6 years old in 2020 pre Covid.
When I was born back in 1970 it was 57 years old!
As I'm 52, I don't know if I should die in 5 years when I'm 57, in 24 when I'm 76, or an average of the two!
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