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life expectancy at 80 is probably 5 years or so. So having a bunch of 80 year olds move to your county will probably increase it. Similarly, having successful, rich and long-lived people move out of your country at age 80, a few years before dying, will mean they don't increase your country life expectancy at all, despite the fact that they lived there for 80 years.


Not a lot of 80-yr-olds moving to the country, at least in Iowa. Mostly when folks get older, they move into the city with family or an apt or home.




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