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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.


Resources

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Behavior, Health, and Aging

Amazon

Book that offers a stimulating array of multiple aspects of the aging process and of factors that affect it written by Stephen B. Manuck

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

Amazon

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

UK Longevity Explorer (UbbLE)

Calculator to predict death within five years

British Longevity Society (BLS)

Non-profit society created for people who want to live a longer and healthier life

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Life Expectancy Blog Posts

Can love defeat death?
13-Feb-2023

Can love defeat death?

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

Under 44? Get ready to live forever!
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

NICE will have to approve all one-off interventions as life expectancy increases
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?

Classic exponential growth in age distribution of older UK citizens
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

National Geographic get it wrong - this baby will live forever
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

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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

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UK life expectancy dropping relative to other countries

Sky News - 16-Mar-2023

Driven by income inequality and resulting larger fall in poorer groups

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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

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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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