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From 2000 to 2009, American death rates improved three times faster than they did from 2010 to 2014. The 2016 study turned negative, as the life expectancy for 65-year-olds is now 6 months shorter than last year's actuarial study.
Specializing in the study of risk and uncertainty, members of this 200-year-old profession pore over the data of death to estimate the length of life. Putting aside the spiritual, that’s crucial information for insurance companies and pension plans, and it’s also helpful for planning retirement, since we need our money to last as long we do. The latest, best guesses for U.S. lifespans come from a study (PDF) released this month by the Society of Actuaries: The average 65-year-old American man should die a few months short of his 86th birthday, while the average 65-year-old woman gets an additional two years, barely missing age 88.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-28/americans-are-dying-faster-millennials-too
