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Aug 18, 2013, 12:12 pm

#151

Paralytic

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Originally Posted by pianoamit

No one is ever 'forced' to retire... That's not legal in Israel... But most people retire at those ages.

However, as with everywhere, many people who feel that they are financially capable of doing so (and most platinums probably would be) retire a fair bit earlier...

Ok, so everyones free to work, or not work, and get their lifetime Gold when they're 67.

Aug 18, 2013, 12:13 pm

#152

economyman

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Originally Posted by pianoamit

That statistic doesn't take into account the chances of dying as a result of terrorist activity. The early 2000s intifada, when worked into the life expectancy figures, dramatically lowered that 82 years figure.

I agree a ridiculous program but where do you get your information from?

As far as I know the WHO figures of life expectancy (Israel = 82) take into account death from all causes be it illness, war, terrorism, car accidents, murder, etc. and calculate it according to age.

I may be wrong but that's how I understand it works. Is it just your impression that the Intifada changed those figures or is it based on facts? I honestly would like to know.

Aug 18, 2013, 1:11 pm

#153

orbitmic

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Originally Posted by economyman

You are correct. Essentially, demographic statistics compile the age of death of people dying by year of birth and then use mathematical models to project the life expectancy for any birth year including the most recent ones. How people die makes no difference (all deaths are taken into account) and the impact of various death causes only really gets looked into in case of sharp change in distributions (e.g. when the life expectancy between men and women in Russia started diverging and demographers looked at the impact of alcohol-related deaths)