Examples of life expectancy in the following topics:
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- Globally, most countries are seeing the average life expectancy of their populations increase.
- Economic circumstances are one factor that affects life expectancy.
- People living in poorer, less developed countries tend to have lower life expectancies.
- As nations develop, their life expectancy generally rises.
- Growing life expectancy is not the only factor contributing to global aging.
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- Globally, most countries are seeing the average life expectancy of their populations increase.
- However, the rate at which the world's population is aging is not uniform across countries, and some countries have actually seen decreasing life expectancies, largely as a result of AIDS.
- The varied life expectancies and younger populations are illustrated in the map below, which depicts the percentage of each country's population that is over 65.
- The least developed countries are also the youngest countries as life expectancies are substantially lower.
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- Men and women may have different life expectancies, so mortality rates can vary with the gender distribution of a population.
- Similarly, men and women may have different life expectancies; therefore, mortality rates can vary with the gender distribution of a population.
- A life table is necessary to give a good estimate of life expectancy.
- Overall, developing countries tend to have higher mortality rates, higher infant mortality rates, and lower life expectancies.
- Explain the various ways mortality is calculated, such as the crude death rate, infant mortality rate and life expectancy
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- For instance, men do engage in riskier behaviors than women, reducing their life expectancy.
- Another factor that may contribute to the greater life expectancy of women is the different types of jobs men and women tend to have during their lifetimes.
- This chart depicts the increasing life expectancy at birth in the USA.
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- Some early mathematicians developed primitive forms of life tables, which are tables of life expectancies, for life insurance and actuarial purposes.
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- Thus, even though the gender gap is narrowing, women are still expected to live longer than men .
- For example, men statistically engage in more behaviors that put their lives at risk than women, which reduces their life expectancy.
- Men are also more "successful" when attempting suicide, which also brings down their life expectancy.
- Another factor that may contribute to the greater life expectancy of women is the different types of jobs men and women tend to have during their lifetimes, with men more frequently doing physical labor that could wear the body down or increase the odds of injury.
- This graph illustrates the differences in life expectancy at birth for males and females in the United States, from 1950 to 2050.
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- China can expect to confront an aging population in the foreseeable future if this trend, among others, persists.
- According to the Population Research Bureau, the average life expectancy in Africa is 53, in North America is 78, in Latin America is 73, in Asia is 68, in Europe is 75, and in Oceania is 75.
- Unfortunately, in some countries HIV/AIDS has ravaged the population to the point where the average life expectancy drops.
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- Various attempts have been made to define this age, which is around the third quarter of the average life span.
- However, the majority of middle-age people in industrialized nations can expect to live into old age.
- In general, life expectancy in developing countries is much lower and the risk of death at all ages is higher.
- Middle-aged people benefit from greater life experience than they had when they were young; this contributes to happiness and makes emotional responses to stress less volatile.
- Diana DeGette, a politician from Colorado, was born in 1957 and is in the middle age stage of life.
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- Socialization prepares people for social life by teaching them a group's shared norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors.
- Socialization prepares future members to participate in a group by teaching them the expectations held by other group members.
- For children, the process teaches what will be expected of them as they grow up and become full members of society.
- This first goal is accomplished naturally: as people grow up within a particular society, they pick up on the expectations of those around them and internalize these expectations to moderate their impulses and develop a conscience.
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- Another more micro-oriented approach to understanding social life that also incorporates the more structural elements of society is Role Theory.
- These role expectations would not be expected of a professional soccer player.
- The individual, in turn, influences the norms, expectations, and behaviors associated with roles.
- Additionally, role theory does not explain when and how role expectations change.
- Plato spoke of the "great stage of human life" and Shakespeare noted that "All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players".