BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Question
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life expectancy
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infant mortality
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death rate
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growth rate
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Detailed explanation-1: -The average life expectancy for the United States population as a whole is 73.9 years, but children born in Hawaii will live an average of 77 years, and those born in Louisiana, 71.7 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Life expectancy at a certain age is the mean additional number of years that a person of that age can expect to live, if subjected throughout the rest of his or her life to the current mortality conditions (age-specific probabilities of dying, i.e. the death rates observed for the current period).
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. The average global life expectancy from birth is 72-that’s 70 for men and 75 for women. However, this changes with age.
Detailed explanation-4: -In general, life expectancy can be defined as the average age till which the people of a country are expected to live.