Changes in frailty index linked to higher mortality in older adults
Live Forever Club - 14-Jan-2025Those with increased FI had a 2.27 times higher mortality risk
Life Expectancy
Life Expectancy News
How long people live with dementia depends on age and where they live
Independent - 09-Jan-2025arly diagnosis offers better outcomes, but most patients transition to nursing homes
Each cigarette cuts life by 17 minutes for men, 22 minutes for women
Independent - 30-Dec-2024Stopping smoking improves life expectancy almost immediately
COVID-19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in many countries
Oxford Population Health - 20-Dec-2024Japan and South Korea had minimal effects, while cancer deaths generally fell
The USA has the world's largest gap between lifespan and healthy years
IFLScience - 17-Dec-2024Women face a bigger healthspan gap than men due to specific health issues
Life Expectancy Resources
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British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA)
Scientific society which promotes and funds research into the biology of ageing
Human Mortality Database (HMD)
World´s leading scientific data resource on mortality in developed countries
The Longevity Imperative
How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives, written by Andrew Scott
What is life expectancy?
Demographer Philip Cohen explains life expectancy with a simple example using real data
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
Life Expectancy Blog Posts
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?
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.
28-Jun-2023
Exponential Increase in Mortality and Diseases
The data and science behind the exponential growth in mortality with age
13-Feb-2023
Can love defeat death?
Health and life expectancy are affected by love, sex and marriage
16-Feb-2016
A coffee a day keeps the grim reaper away
Relief for the many people who think their coffee habit is a guilty pleasure
