That's not what "life expectancy" means, and I think it's a shame that the measure has a such a misleading name. It's more like: the average life length of a person who lives every year of their life in 2020 (or a year identical to 2020). See Philip N Cohen's video explainer: https://twitter.com/familyunequal/status/1408161147619053568
That's not what "life expectancy" means, and I think it's a shame that the measure has a such a misleading name. It's more like: the average life length of a person who lives every year of their life in 2020 (or a year identical to 2020). See Philip N Cohen's video explainer: https://twitter.com/familyunequal/status/1408161147619053568