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Life Expectancy

Morgan Weaver

APES

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definition

Life Expectancy is the average number of years that an infant born in a particular year in a particular country can be expected to live, given the current average life span and death rate in that country.

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how it is reported?

  • Life expectancy is often reported in terms of the overall population of a country, for males only, and for females only.
  • In general, human males have higher death rate than human females, leading to a shorter life expectancy for men.

Location

Overall LE

Male LE

Female LE

Worldwide

69

67

70

United States

78

75

81

Life Expectancy in 2008

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factors that affect life expectancy

  • the availability of health care
  • access to good nutrition
  • exposure to pollutants

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Infant and child mortality

Infant and child mortality can drastically bring down life expectancy

Aging brings up life expectancy

Disease can bring sudden mortality which brings down life expectancy

Aging and disease

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Citations