Sleep may be the strongest lifestyle predictor of how long you live
ScienceAlert - 11-Dec-2025Less than seven hours of sleep is tied to a shorter lifespan, outweighing diet and exercise
Life Expectancy
Life Expectancy News
Women’s life expectancy rebounds, men still lag after covid
Independent - 11-Dec-2025Girls born in 2022–24 can expect to live 83 years, while boys’ life expectancy remains lower
Fame comes at a cost: study links celebrity status to shorter lifespan
Independent - 26-Nov-2025Celebrity singers face a 33% higher mortality risk than equally matched non-famous peers
UK sees record rise in elderly population as male longevity increases
Independent - 21-Oct-2025Men aged 90+ in the UK have more than doubled since 2004, boosting the total elderly population
Why women outlive men: evolution offers new clues
New Scientist - 01-Oct-2025A study of over 1,000 species finds genetics and mating behaviour shape lifespan differences
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
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
Life Expectancy Blog Posts
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?
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
