The Treasury Department works with other federal agencies, foreign governments, and international financial institutions to encourage global economic growth, raise standards of living, and to the extent possible, predict and prevent economic and financial crises.
â¢ Get a life. In one study of healthy men and women with an average starting age of 71, Butler found the highest survival rates in those who had something to get up for in the morning, whether it was a job or a golf date.
In the U.S., average life expectancy at birth is about 79 years for women and about 72 years for men.. The gender gap is most pronounced in those who live 100 years or more. Among centenarians worldwide, women outnumber males nine to one.