Here’s some good news. According to a global study we are living longer than ever. In 1990 the average age of death was 65.3. Now its 71.5 years. Overall the average life expectancy for men over that period gore by 5.8, for woman, almost a year higher. They cite several factors including the falling death rates from cancer and other diseases, and in the increased funding to fight things like Ebola, Malaria, HIV and Aids.