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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.

REMEMBER: most improvement in life expectancy over the last century has been due to reduced child mortality and combatting infectious diseases, rather than tacking ageing itself. Here's an interesting quote from New Methuselahs: "between 1860 and 1960, life expectancy at birth in the United States increased by 31 years, but the life expectancy for an adult who reached the age of 60 increased by only 1 year during that century. In other words, a century ago, those who made it to 60 lived roughly as long as we do, but the odds of making it to 60 were much worse."


Life Expectancy News

The USA has the world's largest gap between lifespan and healthy years

The USA has the world's largest gap between lifespan and healthy years

IFLScience - 17-Dec-2024

Women face a bigger healthspan gap than men due to specific health issues

Dementia death rates rise in the UK, worsening due to ageing population

Dementia death rates rise in the UK, worsening due to ageing population

Independent - 10-Dec-2024

CVD remains number 1 when heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases are combined

Superagers and stem cells: cracking the code of longevity

Superagers and stem cells: cracking the code of longevity

Newsweek - 10-Dec-2024

How reprogrammed cells from centenarians could revolutionize ageing and disease research

Blackpool tops UK list for lowest male life expectancy

Blackpool tops UK list for lowest male life expectancy

Sky News - 04-Dec-2024

Health disparities reveal stark north-south divide and challenges in coastal towns

More Life Expectancy News

Life Expectancy Resources

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The Blue Zones Kitchen

Amazon

Book from the Blue Zone series with 100 Recipes to Live to 100 written by Dan Buettner

The Secret to Living to 100+? The Blue Zone [Infographic]

Secrets to Living Longer: What We Can Learn from Blue Zones

Blue Zones, LLC

A company exploring the reasons behind longevity of people living in five different geographical locations

The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People

Amazon

The Blue Zones Solution is the ultimate blueprint for a healthy, happy life written by Dan Buettner

The Blue Zones

Amazon

Book from the Blue Zone series with lessons for living longer from the people who've lived the longest written by Dan Buettner

The Blue Zones of Happiness

Amazon

Book from the Blue Zone series with lessons from the world's happiest people written by Dan Buettner

More Life Expectancy resources

Life Expectancy Blog Posts

Are Wimbledon champions really getting older?
12-Jul-2024

Are Wimbledon champions really getting older?

Has this century seen extraordinarily long-lived Wimbledon champions, or are winners over 30 years of age the new normal?

If you stopped ageing today, how long would you live?
23-May-2024

If you stopped ageing today, how long would you live?

Not as long as you might think. For radical life extension we need to reverse ageing.

Exponential Increase in Mortality and Diseases
28-Jun-2023

Exponential Increase in Mortality and Diseases

The data and science behind the exponential growth in mortality with age

Can love defeat death?
13-Feb-2023

Can love defeat death?

Health and life expectancy are affected by love, sex and marriage

More Life Expectancy blog posts