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Date: 2012-10-09 05:48 pm (UTC)http://www.ssa.gov/history/lifeexpect.html
From 1940-1960, the odds of a young man surviving to age 65 went up by 6 percent (and 9 percent for women! I'm guessing this has to do with obstetrics.) Mind you, I think these numbers are computed from static snapshots of the population in whatever year, like life expectancies.