Friday, March 26, 2021

It is a wonderful world

I was listening to the great song by Louis Armstrong, It’s a Wonderful World and I thought it is not only the beauty of the world expressed in the lyrics below that makes this a wonderful world.

I see trees of green

Red roses too

I see them bloom

For me and you

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue

And clouds of white

The bright blessed day

The dark sacred night

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow

So pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces

Of people going by

I see friends shaking hands

Saying how do you do

They're really saying

I love you

I hear babies cry

I watch them grow

They'll learn much more

Than I'll ever know

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

Yes, I think to myself

What a wonderful world

Ooh, yes

I was looking at the increase in life expectancy around the world and came across the following chart. This chart is the World historical and predicted total life expectancy at birth (1950–2050)

Life Expectancy at Birth (LEB): total World population: 71.4 years

Total male: 69.1 years, female: 73.8 years

 

Years               LEB         Years               LEB

1950–1955      47.9         2000–2005      67.2

1955–1960      49.3         2005–2010      69.1

1960–1965      51.2         2010–2015      70.8

1965–1970      55.5         2015–2020      72.0

1970–1975      58.1         2020–2025      73.0

1975–1980      60.3         2025–2030      73.8

1980–1985      62.1         2030–2035      74.7

1985–1990      63.7         2035–2040      75.5

1990–1995      64.6         2040–2045      76.2

1995–2000      65.7         2045–2050      77.0

As you see it is a wonderful world because even with the pandemic, our life expectancy as a race is going up. So, children born in 2020 to 2025 can expect to live until they are 73. Bear in mind that this is an average for the world. There will be countries where life expectancy at birth is higher than 73 and countries where the life expectancy at birth is lower. But since 1950 life expectancy has grown on average 24.1 years. This speaks to the advances we have made worldwide, in medicine, infant mortality and understanding of what we need to do to live longer. It is truly a wonderful world.

 

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