One should be able to find charts.linuxbear wrote:My mother was born in '26,
back then almost all food in Britain was organic. I sometimes wonder if her generation will outlive my boomer generation in average lifespan because they had a better diet
I found a paper with charts for the US. I think the year '26 is omitted, but other years before and after. By the charts, it seems our longevity is on pretty much a continuing rise. I can't tell the reasons for death.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_21.pdf