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 like I'll live to the age of nearly 94. #1      Hong Kong  85.51 

SORRY, MY SUNDAY BLOG WAS COMPLETED IN TIME.  BUT I FORGOT TO CLICK THE POST BUTTON.  TO READ IT, CLICK ON THIS . I've now lived at 15 Craigside, a retirement community, for a little more than a decade.  Fifteen years ago I saw this building coming up on land adjacent to 2101 Craigside, an un-related condominium.  Both structures are on the Mauka ( mountain or northside )-Diamond Head ( eastside ) corner of Nuuanu Avenue and Judd Street, land previously the campus of Iolani High School.  They moved to their present Ala Wai site in 1953. I had moved into my Craigside condo in 1982, returning from three years working in the U.S. Senate.  Above, typical sunset, double rainbow and day view from our penthouse second floor.  My wife had passed away around that time when 15 Craigside was clearing land.   They opened in March of 2011 .  To the right my first Craigside, and below, how it towers over 15 Craigside.  I had no particular interest in moving out of my penthouse overlooking all of