Definition: This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Why India Trails China
New York Times - 6/19/2013 10:54:48 PM
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — MODERN India is, in many ways, a success. Its claim to be the world’s largest democracy is not hollow. Its media is vibrant and free; Indians buy more newspapers every day than any other nation. Since independence in 1947 ...
Japan to lose top life expectancy spot to H.K. by ’45: U.N.
Japan Times - 6/14/2013 3:15:27 PM
NEW YORK – Japan, which has held the top spot for the world’s longest living citizens ... from behind during the late 20th century and became the country with the highest levels of life expectancy and now we observe other countries in Asia with ...
India to be world’s most populous country by 2028: UN
Hill Post - 6/14/2013 9:53:19 AM
Much of the overall increase between now and 2050 is projected to take place in high-fertility countries, mainly in Africa ... of mortality in human history. For the world as a whole, life expectancy at birth rose from 47 years in 1950-55 to 69 years ...
7 Countries With the Highest Health Care Costs
The Motley Fool - 6/15/2013 6:06:03 PM
... as the second-largest country in the world in terms of geographical area, but it also has relatively large health care costs. Canadians spend 11.4% of GDP on health care. The country's $4,445 per capita in medical spending ranks seventh ...
World Population Expected to Reach Almost 11 Billion People by 2100
Inhabitat - 6/14/2013 4:48:30 PM
According to numbers recently released by the UN, the world’s population is expected reach nearly 11 billion people by 2100. That’s about 8 percent more than was predicted in 2011. While population growth has slowed in developed countries, populations ...
Jiroemon Kimura, Oldest Man in Recorded History, Dies at 116
San Francisco Gate - 6/12/2013 2:20:33 PM
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest ... as tuberculosis and pneumonia that kept life expectancy in Japan to 44 years around the time of his birth. He became the oldest man in recorded history ...
Jiroemon Kimura, Oldest Man in History, Dies at 116
San Francisco Gate - 6/12/2013 12:33:10 PM
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest ... as tuberculosis and pneumonia that kept life expectancy in Japan to 44 years around the time of his birth. He became the oldest man in recorded history ...
Only The Poor Die Young
social-europe.eu - 6/19/2013 12:03:24 PM
People who are lower on the socioeconomic ladder (indicated by their level of education, occupation, or income ... of this shift – rising income inequality, weaker social safety nets, and reduced health-care access – will aggravate health inequalities ...
World’s Oldest Person Dies At 116
The Inquisitr - 6/12/2013 6:52:34 PM
The current life expectancy at birth is 83 years, the highest in the world. Japan also boasts the world’s highest population of elderly people, with 40 centenarians per 100,000 people in the country. As of September 2012, there are 51,376 centenarians in ...
Insurance costs to fall as life span rises to 57 years
businessdailyafrica.com - 6/19/2013 6:22:47 PM
The Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) chief executive, Tom Gichuhi, said Wednesday the industry is revising its data to capture the latest mortality survey done between 2004 and 2010. Average life expectancy has improved to 57.08 years as at 2011 from 52 ...
Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, oldest man in the world, dies at 116
Washington Post - 6/12/2013 9:58:41 PM
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest ... tuberculosis and pneumonia that kept life expectancy in Japan to 44 years around the time of his birth. He became the oldest man in recorded ...
World’s Oldest People: Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, Luo Meizhen of China, Die Days Apart
thediplomat.com - 6/12/2013 2:31:53 AM
is now the world’s oldest living person, according to the Genealogy Research Group. The group found that 20 of the 55 people over the age of 110 are in Japan, where the life expectancy at birth is 83 years. This number is expected to rise to 90 for women ...
World Population May Reach 11 Billion By 2100
The Huffington Post - 6/14/2013 3:22:36 PM
The world's population could ... continues to have a below-replacement birth rate, meaning more people are dying than being born. The new analysis used a more sophisticated method for estimating life expectancy, updated fertility forecasting ...
India will be world's largest country by 2028
Rediff - 6/14/2013 7:15:50 AM
The current world population of 7.2 billion is projected ... care and support for a rapidly aging population. Overall, life expectancy is projected to increase in developed and developing countries in future years. At the global level, it is projected ...
Singapore lives 4th longest in world
bikyanews.com - 5/27/2013 12:42:00 AM
SINGAPORE: The small island country of Singapore has the fourth-best life expectancy rate in the world, latest World Health Organization (WHO) figures reveal. Average life expectancy at birth stood at 82 years in 2011, making it a joint fourth with Italy.
