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Charts

  • Annual death rate by age group
  • Annual death rate from all causes
  • Annual death rates at different ages in females
  • Annual death rates at different ages in males
  • Annual death rates in people of different ages
  • Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
  • Death rates from different causesWHO Mortality Database, age-standardized
  • Expected years of living with disability or disease burden
  • Healthy life expectancyWHO GHO data
  • Healthy life expectancy and years lived with disability
  • Healthy life expectancy vs. health expenditure per capita
  • Life expectancyMarimekko
  • Life expectancyUN WPP data
  • Life expectancyOECD data
  • Life expectancyHMD, UN WPP
  • Life expectancyWHO GHO data
  • Life expectancy at age 15
  • Life expectancy for people of different ages
  • Life expectancy in males and females
  • Life expectancy in males and femalesHMD, UN WPP data
  • Life expectancy projections
  • Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality
  • Life expectancy vs. GDP per capitaMaddison, historical
  • Life expectancy vs. GDP per capitaWorld Bank
  • Life expectancy vs. healthcare expenditure
  • Life expectancy, female population
  • Life expectancy, including the UN projectionsUN WPP data
  • Life expectancy, male population
  • Life expectancy, source comparison
  • Life expectancy: females versus malesUN WPP
  • Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex
  • Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in females
  • Median age
  • Modal age at death in adults
  • Mortality rates at age 25
  • Mortality rates at age 65
  • Number of deaths by ageUN
  • Number of deaths worldwide by ageUN
  • Number of deaths, by world region
  • Period versus cohort life expectancy
  • Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
  • Probability of dying that year, among females
  • Probability of dying that year, among males
  • Probability that a male will outlive a female
  • Record female life expectancy
  • Remaining life expectancy at different ages
  • Remaining life expectancy at different ages, in females
  • Remaining life expectancy at different ages, in males
  • Sex gap in life expectancy
  • Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45
  • Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages
  • Sex gap in life expectancy versus GDP per capita
  • Sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality
  • Sex gap in life expectancy vs. non-communicable disease death rate
  • Sex gap in life expectancy, by age group
  • Sex ratio in life expectancy
  • Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages
  • Share in extreme poverty vs. life expectancy
  • Share of men and women expected to survive to the age of 65
  • Share of men expected to survive to the age of 65
  • Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65
  • Survival ages across the population
  • Years lived with disability vs. health expenditure per capita

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