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improvements in diet that have resulted in greater life expectancy for many people
calculating the life expectancies of different social groups
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Still, life expectancy overall has increased across eastern sub-Saharan Africa, more than in any other region in recent decades, largely due to efforts in addressing TB and other prominent diseases.
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Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2024
Of course rural workers, whose real wages and life expectancies keep falling, are not mourning the death of the free-market consensus.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
From 65 years in 1965, life expectancy in Singapore has risen to 83.74 years in 2023, becoming the eighth highest in the world.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
In a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Trump held up a chart comparing life expectancy and health expenditures around the world, with the US an obvious negative outlier on both metrics.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2024
Of course rural workers, whose real wages and life expectancies keep falling, are not mourning the death of the free-market consensus.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
From 65 years in 1965, life expectancy in Singapore has risen to 83.74 years in 2023, becoming the eighth highest in the world.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
In a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Trump held up a chart comparing life expectancy and health expenditures around the world, with the US an obvious negative outlier on both metrics.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Life expectancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20expectancy. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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