Examples of life expectancy in a Sentence
improvements in diet that have resulted in greater life expectancy for many people
calculating the life expectancies of different social groups
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As China’s life expectancy has risen, delaying retirement has become more important to offset the demographic challenges from its decades-long enforcement of a one-child policy, which left a generation of single children supporting a large elderly population.
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Bloomberg News, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024
The previous retirement ages were set in the 1950s, when life expectancy was only around 40 years, Ms. Peng said.
—Huizhong Wu and Emily Wang Fujiyama, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2024
What is the life expectancy of a person with hemochromatosis?
—Sarah Jividen, Health, 12 Sep. 2024
However, individuals whose cancer has metastasized (spread beyond the uterus) have an average life expectancy of only 15 months with treatment.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 6 Sep. 2024
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Bloomberg News, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024
The previous retirement ages were set in the 1950s, when life expectancy was only around 40 years, Ms. Peng said.
—Huizhong Wu and Emily Wang Fujiyama, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2024
What is the life expectancy of a person with hemochromatosis?
—Sarah Jividen, Health, 12 Sep. 2024
However, individuals whose cancer has metastasized (spread beyond the uterus) have an average life expectancy of only 15 months with treatment.
—Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 6 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for life expectancy
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“Life expectancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20expectancy. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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