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Women in poor UK areas live shorter, less healthy lives

Women in poor UK areas live shorter, less healthy lives

Independent - 04-Jul-2025

Future health care could improve these numbers, but big differences remain

Playing tennis may help you live almost 10 years longer

Playing tennis may help you live almost 10 years longer

HuffPost - 03-Jul-2025

Tennis outperformed many other sports for lifespan gains

A million lives at risk from smoking, drinking and obesity in England

A million lives at risk from smoking, drinking and obesity in England

Independent - 27-Jun-2025

Triple lifestyle threat may slash 20 years off life and strain NHS, experts warn

People living near oceans live slightly longer due to better air

People living near oceans live slightly longer due to better air

News Medical - 29-May-2025

Urban areas near lakes show lower life expectancy, while rural ones show higher

UK mortality crisis: falling behind peer nations

UK mortality crisis: falling behind peer nations

The Health Foundation - 20-May-2025

Drug deaths and stalled progress fuel UK's widening health gap with other wealthy countries

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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

What is life expectancy?

Demographer Philip Cohen explains life expectancy with a simple example using real data

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

Life Expectancy graphs and maps

The world map shows the latest data published by the United Nations for life expectancy

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Life Expectancy Blog Posts

Oldest human record not broken for 28 years – are we making any progress with maximum lifespan?
24-Jun-2025

Oldest human record not broken for 28 years – are we making any progress with maximum lifespan?

Will Jeanne Calment’s record 122 years ever be broken?

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

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