The slowing pace of life expectancy gains since 1950
Abstract Background New technological breakthroughs in biomedicine should have made it easier for countries to improve life expectancy at birth (LEB). This paper measures the pace of improvement in the decadal gains of LEB, for the last 60-years adjusting for each country’s starting point of LEB. Me...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Public Health |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5058-9 |