Exponential Increase in Mortality and Diseases
The data and science behind the exponential growth in mortality with age
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News and resources on current life expectancy - lets see how it changes over time
Congratulations - you've survived another year... unfortunately your risk of dying goes up another 9% next year, and every year after that - that's why at the moment you can't beat the exponential risk of death.Definition: period life expectancy = how long a new-born would live if today's death rates did not change. They should improve over time therefore this is not a prediction of how long a child born today will live for.
Independent - 13-Mar-2024
Also predicts a new era of hybrid humans and the potential to reverse aging within the next five years
Read more...The Health Foundation - 23-Feb-2024
Experts calling for action to improve basic needs and address inequalities
Read more...Live Forever Club - 23-Feb-2024
Study highlights the power we have to improve our longevity through everyday choices.
Read more...Evening Standard - 26-Jan-2024
Pandemic takes toll, rural and deprived areas see biggest life expectancy drops
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Demographer Philip Cohen explains life expectancy with a simple example using real data
Scientific society which promotes and funds research into the biology of ageing
Book that offers a stimulating array of multiple aspects of the aging process and of factors that affect it written by Stephen B. Manuck
Secrets to Living Longer: What We Can Learn from Blue Zones
The world map shows the latest data published by the United Nations for life expectancy
Fascinating data visualisation of life expectancy for 200 countries over 200 years
The data and science behind the exponential growth in mortality with age
Health and life expectancy are affected by love, sex and marriage
A look at the latest UK life expectancy at 65 statistics - annual increase has been growing since 1960
What to do when quality-adjusted life years could mean many, many years?