U.S. Life Expectancy, Health Spending Rise (washingtonpost.com):

"Overall life expectancy in the United States in 2001 was 77.2 years, an increase of nearly four months from 2000, when it was 76.9 years. The rise continues an upward trend broken only once in the last decade -- a slight dip from 1992 to 1993 -- and nearly unbroken for the century. In 1900, a newborn American could expect to live 47.3 years. In 1950, life expectancy had grown to 68.2 years. "

That is amazing. 30 years in life expentancy in 100 years. What will it be in another 100 years?