The average lifespan has not changed much once you hit 18, but your chances of dieing between 30 and 40 have gone up where your chances of dieing between 60 and 70 have gone down. I need to find and old actuarial table from the 50's to show compare with today.
PS: Old age is bad for your heath but 21 vs 31 is about the same because it's mostly accidental death aka car accidents. Just watch the increase from 14 till 23.
That's not worth much in and of itself. It has to be compared with past data to be relevant to the argument. Also, it would have to be that 18-65 has gone down while 66+ has gone up. Seems highly unlikely to have done so significantly.
Edit: Got it: Even more old people in the US: 1990 vs 2000: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0905042.html look at Percent change in the over 75 age range. The US population was not growing anywhere near that fast.
Edit: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html
I should say the odds of hitting 100 from 1 are about the same but the odds of hitting 100 from 65 have increased.
Male death probability with some comments by me:
PS: Old age is bad for your heath but 21 vs 31 is about the same because it's mostly accidental death aka car accidents. Just watch the increase from 14 till 23.