When I was born in 1940, my life expectancy was supposed to be 60.8 .  Thus, I should have died in 2001.  I just celebrated my 84th birthday.   There are several organizations that provide an annual announcement of life expectancy for countries of the world.  Here is one from the  United Nations .  Only includes countries with populations over 50,000.  Thus, Monaco at 86.37 years and San Marino at 85.71 years did not qualify. Depending on the country, women generally live around 5 to 6 years longer than men.  Ukraine is an outlier, as because of the war, women have a life expectancy of 80.20, while men are at 66.9. For the World, the life expectancy at birth is 73.17, 70.55 for men and 75.89 for women. Note that these numbers refer to how long a newborn baby will live. Life expectancy  ( m for men and w for women ).  The fourth number surprises me.  This is the life expectancy of person at the age of 80.  Thus, looks ...

Not much is happening.  Sure, Tuesday was a small election day in the U.S., Donald Trump showed more disgruntlement in court and the Israel-Hamas War sort of continues.  Maybe the most newsworthy might be:  Third GOP debate:   Five candidates qualified for tomorrow's third GOP presidential debate in Miami: former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.   One candidate fell short . Meanwhile, Donald Trump   will skip the debate   (again) to rally in a city that is 95% Hispanic and where he has broad support.  About our cruise, I've visited Nagasaki at least a dozen times in the past.  Their Peace Park is a more rewarding visit than the one at Hiroshima, which is more famous.  Some highlights from the past. Here is my  posting of 2010  where I mentioned that on an earlier trip my wife and I discovered Nagasaki ...