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Global Health and Longevity: AnAnalysis of Post-World War II Data

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  • Konstantinos N. Zafeiris

    (Democritus University of Thrace, Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Department of History and Ethnology)

  • Christos Skiadas

    (ManLab, Technical University of Crete)

Abstract

Healthy life expectancy describes the health status of a population by estimating the number of years a newborn is expected to live in good health. Life expectancy at birth estimates the average longevity of a newborn, given the mortality schedule observed in a period. This paper aims to analyze comparatively the developments of both indicators since the 1950s on a global level. The estimation of healthy life expectancy is based on the stochastic theory, which allows studying this indicator in contemporary populations and historical ones. Results of the analysis indicate the great diversity occurring among human populations not only in the past but also today. However, the variability in the last case has become less prominent compared with the past.

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Handle: RePEc:spr:ssdmcp:978-3-030-93005-9_8
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93005-9_8
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