Euro Area

[rory_20_uk]

“And you are assuming that firstly that increasing life expectancy year on year is just to be expected, and secondly that the sole cause is working longer, not any other of the myriad health related problems.”
Err, no. I didn’t assume that life expectancy will always increase. What I was not expecting was to be shorter…
Then, the only circumstances in the 8 countries have in common is the increase of the working life: Because, in fact, we are better treated in Europe than we never have been: Better food, healthy life, social welfare, health and safety things in workplace, no more children in factories, less pollution due to no more old fashion industries, better life…

It is likely that there will be slight year on year variation. If in the next 10 years the graph I posted above shows a consistent fall then that is concerning. You are again stating correlation as causation. You are also assuming that everything you have stated improves live expectancy and also that we have better food and a healthier life when we are becoming as a nation more obese with a higher calorific intake. Better life? Just a statement all alone by itself.

Good thing you don't work in my industry. We have to have referenced evidence as opposed to merely stating opinion as fact.