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  2. Life expectancy - Wikipedia

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    Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth (LEB, or in demographic notation e0, where ex denotes the average life remaining at age x). This can be defined in two ways.

  3. List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia

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    This is especially true for Healthy life expectancy, the definition of which criteria may change over time, even within a country. For example, Canada is a country with a fairly high overall life expectancy at 81.63 years; however, this number decreases to 75.5 years for Indigenous people in the country. [4]

  4. Human Development Index - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 September 2024. Composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices "HDI" redirects here. For other uses, see HDI (disambiguation). For the complete ranking of countries, see List of countries by Human Development Index. World map of countries and territories by HDI scores in ...

  5. Preston curve - Wikipedia

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    Data points of income per head and life-expectancy of individual countries. The Preston curve is an empirical cross-sectional relationship between life expectancy and real per capita income. It is named after Samuel H. Preston who first described it in 1975. [1][2] Preston studied the relationship for the 1900s, 1930s and the 1960s and found it ...

  6. Longevity - Wikipedia

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    The square of the bubbles is proportional to the country's population based on estimation of the UN. Longevity may refer to especially long-lived members of a population, whereas life expectancy is defined statistically as the average number of years remaining at a given age. For example, a population's life expectancy at birth is the same as ...

  7. Population ageing - Wikipedia

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    Population ageing. Population ageing is an increasing median age in a population because of declining fertility rates and rising life expectancy. Most countries have rising life expectancy and an ageing population, trends that emerged first in developed countries but are now seen in virtually all developing countries.

  8. List of world regions by life expectancy - Wikipedia

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    List by World Health Organization (2019) Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019. [5] WHO regions [6] Life expectancy at birth. HALE at birth. Life expectancy at age 60. HALE at age 60. All.

  9. Development geography - Wikipedia

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    Geography. Development geography is a branch of geography which refers to the standard of living and its quality of life of its human inhabitants. In this context, development is a process of change that affects peoples' lives. It may involve an improvement in the quality of life as perceived by the people undergoing change. [1]