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.Resources
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Scientific society which support research for understanding of ageing process
Report launch: The longevity of sporting legends
10-Jun-2021Online event about the impact of professional sport on longevity organized by International Longevity Centre UK.
Online event about healthy ageing and the opportunities of longevity organized by University of Oxford. (FREE)
Secrets of the Healthiest, Sharpest Centenarians, a book by Nir Barzilai.
Fascinating data visualisation of life expectancy for 200 countries over 200 years
Life Expectancy Blog Posts
Under 44? Get ready to live forever!
09-Sep-2015
NICE will have to approve all one-off interventions as life expectancy increases
03-Nov-2014
Classic exponential growth in age distribution of older UK citizens
21-Oct-2014
National Geographic get it wrong - this baby will live forever
03-May-2013
Recent News
Unique gut bacteria linked to healthy ageing in centenarians
Live Science - 30-Jul-2021
Fuels bile acids to prevent infections, but more research is needed to confirm its impact on longevity
Read more...Experimental national estimates of life expectancy and mortality based on ethnicity
Guardian - 26-Jul-2021
Compared to blacks and Asians, whites and mixed groups had lower life expectancy
Read more...US life expectancy dropped by 1.5 years in 2020, mostly due to COVID-19
Independent - 21-Jul-2021
Largest drop since world war II, mainly affecting Black and Hispanic Americans
Read more...Lonely older people are living shorter with poorer health, finds new study
EurekAlert! - 06-Jul-2021
Covid preventive measures seem to further exacerbate the risk of loneliness
Read more...Health inequalities widen life expectancy gap between rich and poor in England
Guardian - 30-Jun-2021
High death rate in poorer areas, post-covid levelling up must prioritize health equity
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