life expectancy
Predicted lifespan average
Life expectancy is the average number of years a person can expect to live, typically calculated from birth but sometimes from other ages.
It serves as a key statistical measure of population health and is influenced by factors like medical care, nutrition, sanitation, and economic conditions.
Life expectancy in developed countries has increased dramatically over the past century.
The term also applies more loosely to how long things other than people are expected to last: The life expectancy of this laptop is about five years.
Twelve-month spans
- decadesTen-year periods
- longevityDuration of existence
- spanDistance between endpoints
- healthspanDuration of good vigor
All inhabitants combined
- censusOfficial population count
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- birthrateNewborns per capita measure
- mortality rateDeaths per population measured
demographics · age distribution · cohort · fertility rate · socioeconomic factors · infant mortality · gender gap · actuarial tables
Frequency of fatalities measured
- fatalityDeath from accident
- causes of deathWhat terminates life
- infant mortalityDeath rate under one
- child mortalityDeaths among the young
premature death · preventable deaths · aging · decline · terminal illness · palliative care · hospice
Overall state of health
- nutritionBodily use of food
- medicineCurative substance or practice
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- hygienePractices maintaining cleanliness
lifestyle · exercise · prevention · screening · healthcare access · chronic disease · obesity · smoking
Forecast of coming events
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- actuarialOf risk calculation
- trendsPrevailing directions of change
- estimationApproximate value judgment
outlook · modeling · forecasting · calculation · risk assessment · insurance · annuity · pension planning
years
Twelve-month spans
healthspan · biological age · chronological age · time horizon
population
All inhabitants combined
- censusOfficial population count
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- birthrateNewborns per capita measure
mortality rate · demographics · age distribution · cohort · fertility rate · socioeconomic factors · infant mortality · gender gap · actuarial tables · survival rate
death rate
Frequency of fatalities measured
- fatalityDeath from accident
- causes of deathWhat terminates life
- infant mortalityDeath rate under one
child mortality · premature death · preventable deaths · aging · decline · terminal illness · palliative care · hospice
wellness
Overall state of health
- nutritionBodily use of food
- medicineCurative substance or practice
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
hygiene · lifestyle · exercise · prevention · screening · healthcare access · chronic disease · obesity · smoking · alcohol
prediction
Forecast of coming events
estimation · outlook · modeling · forecasting · calculation · risk assessment · insurance · annuity · pension planning · underwriting
- demographybirth rate, death rate, demographics, fertility rate, population growth
- country statisticspopulation, GDP, birth rate, death rate, literacy rate
- development statisticsdemographic data, birth rate, poverty rates, death rate, literacy rate
- health statisticsmortality rate, prevalence, death rate, case fatality rate, infant mortality
- historical datademographic data, birth rates, death tolls, mortality rates, census records
- Historical Trendspopulation growth, urbanization, industrialization, globalization, migration
life expectancypremature death
Dying younger than expected
infant mortality · age at death · years lost · mortality rate
life expectancymortality rate
Deaths per population measured
death rate · mortality · fatality rate · morbidity · death toll
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