life expectancy
the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
Origin of life expectancy
1- Also called expectancy of life.
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How to use life expectancy in a sentence
Today, communities of color in the United States disproportionately endure pollution and other hazardous conditions that inform quality of life and life expectancy.
The problem of environmental racism in Mexico today is rooted in history | Jayson Porter | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostSlaves were sorted by anatomy and the purported ability to function better in certain climates, resistance to diseases, and life expectancy.
How African body markings were used to construct the idea of race in colonial Brazil | Aldair Rodrigues | January 22, 2021 | QuartzThe authors wondered how unemployment affects mortality and life expectancy years later.
The COVID recession may kill more Americans than COVID-19 does | Geoffrey Colvin | January 6, 2021 | FortuneAt 41, Drew has blown past the life expectancy for a person with his condition.
He Has a Developmental Disability and Needs a Caretaker. The State Suggested Diapers Instead. | by Amy Silverman for Arizona Daily Star | November 6, 2020 | ProPublicaActually, one byproduct of the mortality forecasts is that our models can predict life expectancy for all countries until 2100.
How Rising Education for Women Is Shaping the Global Population - Facts So Romantic | Kiki Sanford | August 19, 2020 | Nautilus
In Afghanistan, the United States has contributed to increasing life expectancy from 44 years to 61 years.
Politics End In Halifax As Democratic and GOP Senators Seek Common Ground on National Security | Tim Mak | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther studies have found that professional football players have a life expectancy in the mid-50s.
In the wild, cheetahs have a life expectancy of 10 to 12 years, according to National Geographic.
Yes, there is a compelling relationship between life expectancy and income here in the U.S. and worldwide.
Why U.S. Health Care Is So Expensive and So Pathetic | Kent Sepkowitz | June 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKeep in mind that the average life expectancy of an American is 78.
In the twentieth century disease lessened and life-expectancy doubled, in certain areas.
This Crowded Earth | Robert Bloch"Space life expectancy has been increased to twenty-five months and six days," said Marlowe, the training director.
The Impossible Voyage Home | Floyd L. WallaceHe knew any answer he gave them would shorten his life expectancy by about thirty-five years.
The Observers | G. L. VandenburgThis can only be true, of course, because the life expectancy of modern computers is quite long, certainly over five years.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.The high ratio of older adults to yearlings indicates that the life expectancy is long.
Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas | Henry S. Fitch
British Dictionary definitions for life expectancy
the statistically determined average number of years of life remaining after a specified age for a given group of individuals: Also called: expectation of life
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