A method of summarising collective health within a group by calculating the average time members are expected to remain alive. Most used at the country level where the statistic is how long a newborn child is expected to live if current rates of death remain constant.
Questions tagged [life-expectancy]
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Are left-handed people more likely to die younger than right-handed people?
Several sources claim that left-handed people have shorter life-spans:
A left-handed academic from North Dakota has revealed that left-handers tend to die younger than right-handers. The "generally" right-handed population, he asserts, lasts on…
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Are vegetables, grains and fruit an important part of a healthy diet?
Western nutritionists recommend that a substantial part of a healthy diet include fruit, vegetables and grains.
e.g.
Nutrition Australia's Healthy Eating Pyramid (via Vuly):
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Harvard University's Healthy Eating Plate
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Is life expectancy "stalling" in the UK?
On Prime Minister's Question Time, recently (19 July 2017), Jeremy Corbyn claimed:
"Life expectancy stalling for the first time in 100 years"
To which the Prime Minister's response:
"The right honourable gentleman is of course wrong in some of…
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Is a short-term fast beneficial for maintaining good health and extending life expectancy?
This is claimed in Sweden's second-biggest newspaper.
My translation:
"I have started to short-term fast.[...] The reason is that lots of world leading scientists that study aging and the brain has implanted in me that this is the best and…
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Do small dogs live longer than large dogs?
I thought small dogs lived longer than large dogs, then I stumbled on this answer about heart beats and longevity.
In the following table:
Large dogs are said to live longer than small dogs. Which is contrary to some beliefs, like in this…
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Are records of people's deaths and births from ancient times wildly unreliable?
In comments below this question: Did people in ancient times, who survived childhood and were not killed in wars, have roughly the same chance to reach old age as contemporary people?
an example list of ancient Greek philosophers' lifespans, with…
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Do people with mental illnesses die equal to other health issues?
I have often heard having a serious mental illness it worse than diabetes and smoking. Mental illness is 'as bad for life expectancy as smoking', experts warn
Mental illness is 'as bad for life expectancy as smoking' link
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Can some species of jellyfish live forever?
I came accross one of those top 10 video today on youtube (while I remember trying to learn more about particle filter...) and it was about the longest living creatures. I already knew lobster and tortoise were amongst the top ten, but to my great…
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Do folks who live with a pet have a longer life?
I have heard many times that if you keep a pet, you tend to live longer. I have many friends and family members whom have pets and no pets, and I can't seem to see a pattern.
Could the environmental, cultural and ethnicity have a bigger impact on…
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Do solar cycles influence life expectancy?
In a paper describing the effects of radiation on the human genome at peaks of solar cycles it is claimed:
Those born in peaks of solar cycles lived an average of 1.5 years (CL 1.3-1.7) less than those born in non-peak years. Males were more…
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Does Resveratrol increase human life expectancy?
Resveratrol is a buzz word in health science research. It is hailed
as the discovery of “the fountain of youth” . In the past 10 years
over 500 medical research studies were performed. These studies
consistently demonstrate that life expectancy…
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Has anyone used yoga to live for supernatural lengths of time?
According to this commentary on the Bhagavata Purana by Swami Prabhupada:
By controlling the breath, the perfect yogī can continue his life for as long as he likes. Sometimes we hear from the Vedic literature that some personalities from the Vedic…
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Can a lower core temperature, lower caloric intake and low blood pressure prolong life?
In Season 4, episode 8 of Torchwood: Miracle Day, a character is said to have prolonged their life (not much, but definitely longer) by keeping their core temperature two degrees lower than normal, maintaining a lower caloric intake, and keeping…
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Does Korean ginseng develop brain efficiency and prolong life?
From Proceeding of the Mini Workshop Southeast Asia Germany Alumni Network (SEAG):
"... the Korean ginseng (Panax schinsen) has been well known as a tonic,
treatment for Diabetes Mellitus, effective to develop energy, sex
ability, to cure eyes…
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Do geniuses die younger? If yes, why?
Why do geniuses have shorter life spans? Perhaps it is because the brain is overworked and obsessive, which causes the body to be neglected and unhealthy. Or is it just a myth that geniuses die young?
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