One of the consequences of improved medical care is that people are living longer and life expectancy is increasing, is this a curse or blessing?

Thanks to advancements in medical research and improved quality of living people are living longer. This is definitely a positive trend, but it has some negative aspects too. Everyone wants to live longer. We are constantly searching for new ways to add a few more years to our life. Longer life expectancy is considered as a symbol of better life and prosperity. Generally speaking, people in the developed world have greater life expectancy than those in poor countries. This is not surprising, though. Rich people have access to better life care and hence they live longer.

When people live longer they get an opportunity to fulfil their wishes and obligations. They will be able to serve the society with their experience and wisdom. They will also be able to spend more years with their family. Cultures all over the world regard longevity as a blessing. After all, longevity is the pursuit of most people. When the people live longer they will be able to contribute to the society in many ways. They can guide the youth with their wisdom.

On the other hand, there are some disadvantages to living longer. Aged people may require care. If they have none to take care of them at home, they will have to go to an old age home. Families and governments have to spend a lot of money on providing healthcare and insurance to aged people. When people live longer, there will be an increase in the population of seniors. Since most of them are not capable of working or earning money, they can have an adverse impact on the economy. Also, an increase in the population will result in the faster depletion of natural resources.

After analysing the situation, it is not hard to see that longevity is a fortune. It has some negative impacts on the economy and the environment. However, governments and communities can do many things to deal with this situation.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 336, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “When” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...ongevity is the pursuit of most people. When the people live longer they will be abl...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, however, if, may, so, after all, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.5418719212 133% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 6.10837438424 164% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 8.36945812808 131% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 5.94088669951 67% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 25.0 20.9802955665 119% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 31.9359605911 147% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.75862068966 139% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1548.0 1207.87684729 128% => OK
No of words: 323.0 242.827586207 133% => OK
Chars per words: 4.79256965944 5.00649968141 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.23936324884 3.92707691288 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57680010512 2.71678728327 95% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 139.433497537 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.510835913313 0.580463131201 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 504.9 379.143842365 133% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.57093596059 102% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 4.6157635468 217% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 1.0 1.56157635468 64% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 1.71428571429 408% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.931034482759 107% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 3.65517241379 109% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 12.6551724138 198% => OK
Sentence length: 12.0 20.5024630542 59% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 23.0261069224 50.4703680194 46% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 61.92 104.977214359 59% => More chars_per_sentence wanted.
Words per sentence: 12.92 20.9669160288 62% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.72 7.25397266985 37% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.33497536946 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 6.9802955665 172% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 2.75862068966 217% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 2.91625615764 240% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.259877021016 0.242375264174 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0800699962074 0.0925447433944 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0893040061785 0.071462118173 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.151736845981 0.151781067708 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.145542687386 0.0609392437508 239% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 7.6 12.6369458128 60% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.3 53.1260098522 112% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.54236453202 47% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.0 10.9458128079 73% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.61 11.5310837438 83% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.95 8.32886699507 95% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 55.0591133005 138% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 9.94827586207 55% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 6.8 10.3980295567 65% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.5123152709 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 55.5555555556 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 50.0 Out of 90
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