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Average Life Expectancy in the UK?????
- Thread starter NoExcuses
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we have applied for our visa and we will moving to a town near you!!!!!! just kidding<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> if i thought it would make a difference to joe's life we would do ANYTHING to help him live longer. it's probably just an under estimate rather than an over estimate!!!<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
we have applied for our visa and we will moving to a town near you!!!!!! just kidding<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> if i thought it would make a difference to joe's life we would do ANYTHING to help him live longer. it's probably just an under estimate rather than an over estimate!!!<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
we have applied for our visa and we will moving to a town near you!!!!!! just kidding<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> if i thought it would make a difference to joe's life we would do ANYTHING to help him live longer. it's probably just an under estimate rather than an over estimate!!!<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
well life expectancy isn't an estimate. they have a national database and record the ages of people at death for that calendar year. no estminating involved.
and i doubt the median and mean would vary so much by 6 years. i have a feeling that the US mean being 36.8 wouldn't yield a 31 year median.
but i do buy into the journalists getting things wrong. that's for sure. so maybe that's the case.
anyone from the UK have knowledge of what the real #s are according to the CF Foundation in the UK or equivalent? I would be curious.
and i doubt the median and mean would vary so much by 6 years. i have a feeling that the US mean being 36.8 wouldn't yield a 31 year median.
but i do buy into the journalists getting things wrong. that's for sure. so maybe that's the case.
anyone from the UK have knowledge of what the real #s are according to the CF Foundation in the UK or equivalent? I would be curious.
well life expectancy isn't an estimate. they have a national database and record the ages of people at death for that calendar year. no estminating involved.
and i doubt the median and mean would vary so much by 6 years. i have a feeling that the US mean being 36.8 wouldn't yield a 31 year median.
but i do buy into the journalists getting things wrong. that's for sure. so maybe that's the case.
anyone from the UK have knowledge of what the real #s are according to the CF Foundation in the UK or equivalent? I would be curious.
and i doubt the median and mean would vary so much by 6 years. i have a feeling that the US mean being 36.8 wouldn't yield a 31 year median.
but i do buy into the journalists getting things wrong. that's for sure. so maybe that's the case.
anyone from the UK have knowledge of what the real #s are according to the CF Foundation in the UK or equivalent? I would be curious.
well life expectancy isn't an estimate. they have a national database and record the ages of people at death for that calendar year. no estminating involved.
and i doubt the median and mean would vary so much by 6 years. i have a feeling that the US mean being 36.8 wouldn't yield a 31 year median.
but i do buy into the journalists getting things wrong. that's for sure. so maybe that's the case.
anyone from the UK have knowledge of what the real #s are according to the CF Foundation in the UK or equivalent? I would be curious.
and i doubt the median and mean would vary so much by 6 years. i have a feeling that the US mean being 36.8 wouldn't yield a 31 year median.
but i do buy into the journalists getting things wrong. that's for sure. so maybe that's the case.
anyone from the UK have knowledge of what the real #s are according to the CF Foundation in the UK or equivalent? I would be curious.
jessicacf21
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I to have seen the 36.8 life expectancy but what i want to know is that counting lung transplants?
jessicacf21
New member
I to have seen the 36.8 life expectancy but what i want to know is that counting lung transplants?
jessicacf21
New member
I to have seen the 36.8 life expectancy but what i want to know is that counting lung transplants?
i bet you could call the CFF and find out.
i'm still interested to hear what you UK people think is the reason that the life expectancy is 6 years less than the US's.....
to be fair, i've asked my CF center why they think their center's life expectncy is less than minnesota's. so i'm not just interested in the UK. i'm always interested in differences <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
i'm still interested to hear what you UK people think is the reason that the life expectancy is 6 years less than the US's.....
to be fair, i've asked my CF center why they think their center's life expectncy is less than minnesota's. so i'm not just interested in the UK. i'm always interested in differences <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
i bet you could call the CFF and find out.
i'm still interested to hear what you UK people think is the reason that the life expectancy is 6 years less than the US's.....
to be fair, i've asked my CF center why they think their center's life expectncy is less than minnesota's. so i'm not just interested in the UK. i'm always interested in differences <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
i'm still interested to hear what you UK people think is the reason that the life expectancy is 6 years less than the US's.....
to be fair, i've asked my CF center why they think their center's life expectncy is less than minnesota's. so i'm not just interested in the UK. i'm always interested in differences <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
i bet you could call the CFF and find out.
i'm still interested to hear what you UK people think is the reason that the life expectancy is 6 years less than the US's.....
to be fair, i've asked my CF center why they think their center's life expectncy is less than minnesota's. so i'm not just interested in the UK. i'm always interested in differences <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
i'm still interested to hear what you UK people think is the reason that the life expectancy is 6 years less than the US's.....
to be fair, i've asked my CF center why they think their center's life expectncy is less than minnesota's. so i'm not just interested in the UK. i'm always interested in differences <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
you know i have been aware of the difference ever since i came on this forum, so it has always intrigued me. I thought that maybe it was something to do with meds, but they are pretty much the same, the only thing i found that was different , was the use of the vest. Not that I am saying that this is the sole reason, it may take up a percentage.
The health of Scotland in general is not that high in relation to say, the rest of Europe. Traditional heavy industries like steel works, mining and ship building have left scars on the environment and pollution was high. It is a lot cleaner now. Smoking and drinking in Scotland is now in the decline, so we will see better health in the future i've no doubt.
And there is a high level of social degregation, (is that the right word), high levels of 'hard' drug use. What all this has to do with the average age of CFers, I don't honestly know. But it must go some ways towards it.
Oh, don't know if that all applys to England
Edited: Thats a new one for me, moving one reply into another thread, didn't know that could be done.lol
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Craig
dad to rebecca [13 w/o cf]
and craig [ 16 month-old w c/f ]
Scotland
The health of Scotland in general is not that high in relation to say, the rest of Europe. Traditional heavy industries like steel works, mining and ship building have left scars on the environment and pollution was high. It is a lot cleaner now. Smoking and drinking in Scotland is now in the decline, so we will see better health in the future i've no doubt.
And there is a high level of social degregation, (is that the right word), high levels of 'hard' drug use. What all this has to do with the average age of CFers, I don't honestly know. But it must go some ways towards it.
Oh, don't know if that all applys to England
Edited: Thats a new one for me, moving one reply into another thread, didn't know that could be done.lol
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Craig
dad to rebecca [13 w/o cf]
and craig [ 16 month-old w c/f ]
Scotland