Turmeric is a plant in the ginger family. Native to the tropics, turmeric is aromatic like ginger but hotter and spicier. Also like ginger, turmeric is taken from the root (actually the rhizome) of the plant, which is peeled with a knife or the back of a spoon before the herb is used fresh.
The average age of death in the United States for men is 76. The  average age of death for women in the United States is 81.
1 Life expectancy at birth and at 65 years of age, by sex: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries Health, United States 2014, table 15 [PDF - 9.8 MB]. 2  Life expectancy by age, race, and sex, 1900-2010 U.S. Life Tables, 2010, table 21 [PDF - 2.0 MB]. 3  Mortality in the United States, 2012.