U.S. Life Expectancy Increases by 6 Weeks – Needs to Go Up by 52 Weeks Per Year At Least

According to Medical
News Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is reporting that U.S. average life expectancy has
reached its highest ever level, increasing to 78.8 years, up from
78.7 years. As MNT also notes:

The report reveals that in 2012, the life expectancy for females
stood at 81.2 years, while the life expectancy for men was 76.4
years. This difference of 4.8 years is the same as reported in
2011.

At the age of 65 years, life expectancy for the total population
also saw an increase, from 19.2 years in 2011 to 19.3 years in
2012.

Again, women aged 65 had a longer life expectancy than men of
the same age, at 20.5 years in 2011 and 17.9 years in 2012. The
authors say the life expectancy difference between men and women
aged 65 increased by 0.1 years in 2011-12, from 2.5 years to 2.6
years. …

There were 597.8 deaths per 100,000 lives births in 2012, a 1.5%
reduction from the 606.7 deaths per 100,000 reported in 2011.

The increase in life expectancy largely resulted from declines
in age-adjusted rates of death from eight of the leading causes of
death in the U.S., including heart disease, cancer, stroke, and
diabetes. 

Six more weeks is nice, but much too far from
actuarial escape velocity.