Tag: Life Expectancy

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Jul 20, 2013

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1. Public Religion Research Institute: Survey | Do Americans Believe Capitalism and Government are Working?: Religious Left, Religious Right and the Future of the Economic Debate 2. Gallup reports Sub-Saharan Africa Is Wildly Optimistic About Its Future 3. U.S. could lead world oil production by 2017, study says Domestic shale oil production could shoot up…
Life Expectancy Rises Around the World, Study Finds

Dec 13, 2012

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in Demography, Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Technology (Biotech & Health), Trends: Social

New York Times: Life Expectancy Rises Around the World, Study Finds A sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a new report, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and…
Divergent Life Expectancies in the U. S.

Nov 15, 2012

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mwkruse

in Demography, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine

The Incidental Economist has a post with five graphs on life expectancy in the United States. (Zombie life expectancy arguments) Two stood out to me. First, this chart shows the life expectancy for men in the United States at age 65. The population is split into income quartiles and then compared with other nations. An…
Life Expectancy Shrinks for Less-Educated Whites in U.S.

Sep 21, 2012

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine, Race

New York Times: Life Expectancy Shrinks for Less-Educated Whites in U.S. … Researchers have long documented that the most educated Americans were making the biggest gains in life expectancy, but now they say mortality data show that life spans for some of the least educated Americans are actually contracting. Four studies in recent years identified…
CDC Update on US Trends

Jan 11, 2012

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in Crime, Demography, Health and Medicine, Trends: Social

Knology: Homicide drops off US list of top causes of death ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often develops in elderly people who have choked on their food. ……
Fertility Decline Continues

Apr 11, 2011

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mwkruse

in Demography, Europe, Sociology

Zenit: Fertility Decline Continues ROME, APR. 10, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Low fertility rates and an aging population will present Europe with a big economic challenge. This was one of the points made in a study published by the European Commission at the start of the month. The "Third Demography Report" found that the number of children…
In US, Hispanics outlive whites, blacks by years

Oct 14, 2010

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine, Poverty, Race, Sociology

Projo.com: In US, Hispanics outlive whites, blacks by years ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Hispanics can expect to outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life expectancy in this country. The report released Wednesday is the…
Economic Freedom and Life Expectancy

Jun 8, 2010

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Demography, Economics, Health and Medicine

Carpe Diem: Economic Freedom = 20+ Years of Life Expectancy
Life Expectancy in the U.S. vs. Real GDP per Capita

Jun 2, 2010

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economics, Health and Medicine, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Carpe Diem: Life Expectancy in the U.S. vs. Real GDP per Capita Interesting chart. Not sure what to make of it. What is the causal relationship? I suspect the two variables feed on each other.
The shock of the old: Welcome to the elderly age

Apr 8, 2010

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mwkruse

in Business, Demography, Economic Development, Economics, Generations, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

New Scientist: The shock of the old: Welcome to the elderly age [Emphasis mine] … This is partly because Japanese people live longest: men can expect to reach 79 and women 86. It is also partly because the Japanese have almost given up having babies: the fertility rate is just 1.2 children per woman, far…