The life expectancies by region ranged from Between and , the average life expectancy increased by 5. Hong Kong has the highest life expectancy in the world. The average life expectancy for females in Hong Kong is After World War II, Hong Kong saw rapid economic development and has seen a steady increase in the life expectancy of its people. Hong Kong has some of the best youth involvement in education and employment, the lowest infant mortality rate in the world, and high-quality child health care.
This is despite Hong Kong spending less than on both health and social care as a proportion of GDP than other countries such as the United States or the United Kingdom. Japan has the second-highest life expectancy of This is about The Japanese have diets with lots of fruits and vegetables, fresh meat and fish, and grain-based foods. Japanese citizens also remain very active, even into their elderly years.
Macau, a Special Administrative Region of China , has the third-highest life expectancy of The natural conclusion is that both the miracles of modern medicine and public health initiatives have helped us live longer than ever before — so much so that we may, in fact, be running out of innovations to extend life further.
In September , the Office for National Statistics confirmed that, in the UK at least, life expectancy has stopped increasing.
Beyond the UK, these gains are slowing worldwide. In fact, while medical advancements have improved many aspects of healthcare, the assumption that human life span has increased dramatically over centuries or millennia is misleading. Life expectancy is an average. If you have two children, and one dies before their first birthday but the other lives to the age of 70, their average life expectancy is It also becomes especially problematic when looking at eras, or in regions, where there are high levels of infant mortality.
Most of human history has been blighted by poor survival rates among children, and that continues in various countries today. In the 1st Century, Pliny devoted an entire chapter of The Natural History to people who lived longest.
Then there are tombstone inscriptions and grave epigrams, such as this one for a woman who died in Alexandria in the 3rd Century BC. Not, however, that ageing was any easier then than it is now. In the ancient world, at least, it seems people certainly were able to live just as long as we do today. But just how common was it? Back in a study looked at every man entered into the Oxford Classical Dictionary who lived in ancient Greece or Rome. Their ages of death were compared to men listed in the more recent Chambers Biographical Dictionary.
Of ancients in total, 99 died violently by murder, suicide or in battle. Of the remaining , those born before BC lived to a median age of 72 years. Those born after BC lived to a median age of The authors speculate that the prevalence of dangerous lead plumbing may have led to this apparent shortening of life.
The median of those who died between and ? Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member? Log in. Show detailed source information? Register for free Already a member? More information. Supplementary notes. Other statistics on the topic. Demographics Population in Africa , by country. State of Health Top causes of death in Africa in Historical Data Global population , by continent. Demographics Largest cities in Africa by number of inhabitants.
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This is important because more children are surviving in Africa. Since healthcare — and access to it — has increased in Africa, more children are surviving past age five. Once these kids clear the first five years of their lives, it is much more likely that they will grow up to reach the age of
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