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Life Expectancy
By Ben
Life expectancy summary
Life expectancy is a frequently analyzed
component of demographic data for the
countries of the world. It represents the average
life span of a newborn and is an indicator of the
overall health of a country. Life expectancy can
fall due to problems like famine, war, disease
and poor health. Improvements in health and
welfare increase life expectancy. The higher the
life expectancy, the better shape a country is in.
Highest Life Expectancy
Number 3
3. France
= 79.93
The French have a very good average life expectancy at
79.93 years. This is because France is a HIC (high income
country). They have a good health care for service, and was
voted the best health care system in the world by the world
health care organisation in 1997. The service is also
completely free for people with chronic diseases such as
cancer and aids, which contributes to a high average life
expectancy for the French.
Highest Life Expectancy
Number 2
2. Japan
= 81.25
Japan has the second highest life expectancy in the
world. Japan has the 2nd largest economy in the world,
with many major industries such as banking,
electronics, telecommunications and many more. The
health care in Japan very good and is provided by
national and local governments, helping to save lives
and resulting in a higher life expectancy.
Highest Life Expectancy
Number 1
1. Singapore
= 81.71
Singapore has the highest life expectancy in the world
with an average person is estimated to live to 81.71
years old. Singapore is the smallest country in southeast Asia with only around 4.5 million, consisting of 63
islands. They are also a HIC and this contributes to a
good health care system, meaning a better life
expectancy in this country.
Lowest Life Expectancy
Number 3
3. Kenya
= 48.93
Kenya has the 3rd worst life expectancy in the world
with48.93 years. The main reasons for this are that
Kenya is a LIC and has a very high population of
around 34.7 million people. It also has a very high birth
rate, death rate and a high infant mortality rate. The
health care in Kenya is also very poor.
Lowest Life Expectancy
Number 2
2. Chad
= 47.52
Chad is a country in central Africa and has the 2nd
smallest life expectancy in the world of 47.52 years.
Chad is an LIC and therefore has a very poor health
system and this badly effects the life expectancy of this
country as it is also badly effected by disease. The
country's population is young an estimated 47.3% is
under 15.
Lowest Life Expectancy
Number 1
1. Botswana
= 33.74
Botswana is a country in southern Africa and has the
lowest life expectancy in the world with 33.74 years.
This is mainly due to the country being a LIC and
having a terrible health care system and over the last
few years Botswana has been hit very hard with the
AIDS epidemic. Approximately 1 in 6 people living in
Botswana have HIV.
Good or Bad ?
It is obviously good to be top of the list when it comes to life
expectancy like Singapore is. This shows that Singapore is a
good country and has good health care services available for the
public. They also have a very low infant mortality rate.
Downsides to this are that there a lot of older dependant people
there. Nearly 10% of the 4.5 million people population are aged
65 or over.
World life expectancy map
This shows the main areas with the low life expectancy are places like
Africa, and places with high life expectancy are places like USA and
Europe.
Country Comparisons
Countries that do consistently well over the course of all
of the table are countries like France, Singapore and
Japan. The patterns that emerge are that the countries
that do consistently well in the majority of the categories
are the high income countries (HIC). These top 3
countries all score highly on Infant mortality rate, Life
Expectancy, death rate and they all have high rates of
non – dependant people.
Country Comparisons
The countries that perform consistently poorly across
several of the most important columns on the table,
are Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya and Chad. All four of
these countries coming from Africa. All of the countries
have also got the fact they are low income countries
(LIC) in common. Also they all have high infant
mortality and death rates
GDP and population comparison
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Conclusion
My conclusion is that the Higher the average life expectancy
of a country the higher GDP.