expectation of life
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At the century's turn the expectation of life at birth was less than 50 years.
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Of course, if a person is older, his expectation of life is not so great .
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He speaks of the source of his earlier despair as a prolonged adolescent expectation of life.
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"I wonder what the expectation of life of, say, an advertising agent of thirty really is�at this moment of time, I mean."
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Should high blood pressure be found, the premium is increased, as the expectation of life is proportionately shorter in such men than in normal persons.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall