Can love defeat death?
Health and life expectancy are affected by love, sex and marriage
Life Expectancy
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.
Resources
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Behavior, Health, and Aging
Book that offers a stimulating array of multiple aspects of the aging process and of factors that affect it written by Stephen B. Manuck
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The Secret to Living to 100+? The Blue Zone [Infographic]
Secrets to Living Longer: What We Can Learn from Blue Zones
Life Expectancy graphs and maps
The world map shows the latest data published by the United Nations for life expectancy
Life expectancy: 120,000 numbers in just four minutes
Fascinating data visualisation of life expectancy for 200 countries over 200 years
Human Mortality Database
World´s leading scientific data resource on mortality in developed countries
Age Later: Health Span, Life Span, and the New Science of Longevity
Secrets of the Healthiest, Sharpest Centenarians - by Nir Barzilai
A Spotlight on the Latest Research and Innovation In Ageing, Longevity, and Data
24-May-2022
Event about latest research and innovation in ageing organized by OBN (FREE)
Our World in Data
Data to understand the big global problems and research that helps to make progress against them
British Longevity Society (BLS)
Non-profit society created for people who want to live a longer and healthier life
Life Expectancy Blog Posts
13-Feb-2023
09-Sep-2015
Under 44? Get ready to live forever!
A look at the latest UK life expectancy at 65 statistics - annual increase has been growing since 1960
03-Nov-2014
NICE will have to approve all one-off interventions as life expectancy increases
What to do when quality-adjusted life years could mean many, many years?
21-Oct-2014
Classic exponential growth in age distribution of older UK citizens
1 in 50 people are over 85 today - that's 20x the percentage who reached that age in 1881
03-May-2013
National Geographic get it wrong - this baby will live forever
People who are already middle-aged could make it to 120 - by the time today's baby's get that old they'll still be young
Recent News
Mortality Postponement and Compression in Older Human Cohorts
Live Forever Club - 11-Apr-2023
Even without rejuvenation treatments, expect to see maximum lifespan record broken by 2060
Read more...Gut Microbiome: The Secret to Longevity in Centenarians
Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 06-Apr-2023
A youthful gut microbiome may contribute to enhanced longevity and overall health in people living past 100
Read more...UK life expectancy dropping relative to other countries
Sky News - 16-Mar-2023
Driven by income inequality and resulting larger fall in poorer groups
Read more...Men who have regular quality sleep live about 5 years longer, while women add on two more years
The Guardian - 23-Feb-2023
Not just the number of hours but also the quality of sleep is important to enhance your wellbeing
Read more...Pandemic made Britons less optimistic towards living to a 100 years as compared to those in 2019
Ipsos - 14-Nov-2022
We need much more public education that living longer, healthier lives is just round the corner
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