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Tag Archives: Life Expectancy Gaps
The Marmot Review 10 Years On: Health Equity in England (BBC News / Institute of Health Equity / King’s Fund)
Summary The Marmot Review has been updated (commissioned by the Health Foundation), to reflect developments since the Marmot Review of 2010. Austerity appears to have had an adverse impact on levels of social wellbeing. Life expectancy of women in the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, King's Fund, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Amenable Mortality, Austerity, Avoidable Mortality, Best Start in Life, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Fair Employment Opportunities, Fair Society, Fair Society Healthy Lives, Health Equity, Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On, Health Inequalities, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Communities, Impact of Austerity, Institute of Health Equity, Institute of Health Equity (UCL), Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy of Poorest Women, Marmot Principles, Marmot Review, Measures of Inequality, Mortality Statistics, Mortality Trends, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Social Deprivation, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Determinants of Mental Health, Social Determinants of Mental Health and Mental Health Inequalities, Social Epidemiology, Social Inequality, Social Patterning of Health over the Lifecourse, Social Well-Being, Social Wellbeing, UCL Institute of Health Equity, University College London Institute of Health Equity, Wellbeing, Wellbeing and Longevity, Wellbeing in Later Life
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More on International Comparisons in Life Expectancy: The Impact of Austerity? (BBC News / ONS / BMJ / NHS Choices / King’s Fund)
Summary Increases in life expectancy in the UK may be slowing down; possibly at the fastest rate among the top twenty leading world economies. This slowdown effect was most apparent in women, where the rate of rising life expectancy fell … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, King's Fund, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Society, Austerity, Australia, Austria, Bazian, BBC Health News, BBC's Life Expectancy Calculator, Behind the Headlines, Belgium, Canada, Changing Trends in Mortality in England and Wales: 1990 to 2017, Changing Trends in Mortality: Cross-UK Comparison - 1981 to 2016 (ONS), Changing Trends in Mortality: International Comparisons, Critical Appraisals, Declines in Life Expectancy, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Human Mortality Database, Human Mortality Database (HMD), Increasing Life Expectancy: Trends and Comparisons, International Comparisons, Italy, Japan, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and Department of Sociology: University of Southern California, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy by Neighbourhood, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy of Poorest Women, Life Expectancy: Inequalities, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Marmot Review (2020): Ten Years On, Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Health (US), Netherlands, Norway, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Office of Population Research and Department of Sociology: Princeton University, PHE Review of Recent Trends in Mortality in England, Poorest Women’s Life Expectancy, Portugal, Princeton University, Professor Martin McKee: European Public Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Public Health England (PHE), Robert Cuffe: BBC News Head of Statistics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Sir Steve Webb: Former Liberal Democrat Pensions Minister, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trends in Life Expectancy: International Comparisons, Trends in Longevity in England, Trends in Mortality in England, United Kingdom, United States, University of Southern California, US National Institutes of Health, USA
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Statistics on Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy (BBC News / Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation)
Summary The BBC has launched an interactive calculator to help people assess how long they might live typically. Life-style and demographic factors are covered briefly. Full Text Link Reference How long are you going to live? London: BBC Health News, … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), In the News, International, Northern Ireland, Patient Information, Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Ageing Population, BBC Health News, BBC's Life Expectancy Calculator, Behavioural Risk Factors, Environmental and Lifestyle Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Female Life Expectancy, Global Burden of Disease Study, Global Burden of Disease Study (2015-6), Health Inequalities, Healthy Life Expectancy, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Seattle), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: University of Washington, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), International Comparisons, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy at Older Ages in England, Life Expectancy Gaps, Lifespan, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Longevity, Male Life Expectancy, Mortality Risk Factors, Mortality Statistics, Social Epidemiology
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A Natural Limit to Human Life Expectancy? (BBC News / Nature)
Summary Despite recent historical trends in the seemingly endless increase in human life expectancy, researchers analysing global demographic data believe they may have detected signs that the maximum lifespan may be limited to around 115 years “Our results strongly suggest … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, In the News, International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, BBC Health News, Centenarians, Department of Genetics: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Diminishing Gains in Reduction of Late-Life Mortality, Female Life Expectancy, Gerontological Research Group (GRG), Human Mortality Database, Human Mortality Database (HMD), INED, Jeanne Calment (Former Supercentenarian), Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy and Causes of Death, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy Over Time: Trends Since 1900, Male Life Expectancy, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Maximum Reported Age at Death (MRAD), Mortality, Mortality Statistics, Natural Limit to Human Lifespan (Postulated), Nature, Proportion of Population Surviving to Old Age Among Females in 40 Countries and Territories, Proportion of Population Surviving to Old Age Among Males in 40 Countries and Territories, Reported Age at Death of Supercentenarians, Super-Centenarians, Supercentenarians, UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, United States, University of California, USA
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Life Expectancy Among Older Age Groups in England: Statistical Trends and Variations (BBC News / Public Health England)
Summary A report by Public Health England indicates that older people in England are living longer nowadays. Longevity statistics show that among persons aged 65, men can expect to live for a further 19 years and women a further 21 … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age and Ageing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Society, BBC Health News, Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE), English Local Authorities, Female Life Expectancy, Female to Male Sex Ratios in Ageing, Forecasting Life Expectancy, Geographical Variations, Health Inequalities, Healthy Life Expectancy, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Knowledge and Intelligence Service (KIS), Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy at Older Ages in England, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy in English Local Authorities, Life Expectancy in the English Regions, Life Expectancy in the European Union, Life Expectancy of Older People, Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Longevity, Male Life Expectancy, PHE: Public Health England, Public Health England (PHE), Recent Trends in Life Expectancy at Older Ages, Reducing Health Inequalities, Regional Variations, Social Inequality and Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Unwarranted Variations, Wellbeing and Longevity
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