Statistics from the World Health Organization show that the average life expectancy worldwide has increased by 6 years since the year 1990. Developing countries have seen the most significant rises in average life expectancy brought on by a lower infant mortality rate.
Statistics from the World Health Organization show that the average life expectancy worldwide has increased by 6 years since the year 1990.
Developing countries have seen the most significant rises in average life expectancy brought on by a lower infant mortality rate.
Among the countries that have seen the largest change since 1990 is Liberia, with an average life expectancy that has gone up by 20 years, along with Ethiopia and Maldives where people are reportedly living an average of 19 years longer.
The lowest average life expectancy is under 55 years old for nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Japanese women reportedly have the longest life expectancy of any group living up to an average of 87 years.
Dr Ties Boerma, Director of the Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems for the World Health Organization is quoted as saying: “In high-income countries, much of the gain in life expectancy is due to success in tackling noncommunicable diseases. Fewer men and women are dying before they get to their 60th birthday from heart disease and stroke.”
But the leading cause of death in wealthy countries is still noncommunicable diseases like cancer and stroke, or injuries, while infectious diseases continue to be the top killers in poverty stricken countries.
