Does this mean official life expectancy is adjusted to minimize in the reported average the effects…

…ime were to remain consistent throughout that person’s life, based on age-specific mortality rates. It lends more weight to the odds of death late in life than early on.
U.S. Life Expectancy Drops Dramatically Due to Covid-19
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James Finn
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Jan 16, 2021
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Does this mean official life expectancy is adjusted to minimize in the reported average the effects of infant mortality and early childhood death?
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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.
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