We have a 2200% increase in the number of people living to age 100, compared to a doubling of the overall population (US figures, with 53000 centenarians).
As recently as 1995, for instance, a man with advanced coronary disease was flatly uninsurable. Now it's expected that an arterial blockage can be repaired relatively simply and new plaque buildups can often be controlled with medication, so that life expectancy is only modestly affected.
from SmartMoney
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