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    $\begingroup$ This is a well written post, but it doesn't appear to have any connection to the original question. $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 2, 2012 at 16:53
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    $\begingroup$ I think it indirectly but appropriately addresses the apparent intent of the question, @Andy. The fault, if any, lies in the question itself, which is ambiguous because it does not specify the sense in which a mean might be "worse" than a median. A good answer therefore has to explore this and consider the purpose of summarizing an age distribution with a single statistic. Here, this leads naturally to a discussion of what an "age" might mean and how appropriately to compare age distributions. $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 2, 2012 at 17:47