Hong Kong’s life expectancy has seen a steady increase over the past half-century. Since 2010, both women and men in Hong Kong have led the world in life expectancy. According to the latest data of the World Bank, the life expectancy for males and females in Hong Kong stand at 82 years and 88 years, respectively. What is the secret behind it?
Healthy life expectancy (at birth) among Dutch women is 57.8 years, well below the EU average of 64.2 years. Healthy life expectancy among European women ranges from 54.9 (Latvia) to 73.3 years (Sweden). Under 55 years 55 to 59 years 60 to 64 years 65 to 69 years 70 years and over Female healthy life expectancy, 2016.
Life expectancy for American men dropped 2.2 years in 2020 compared to 2019 levels and by 1.65 years in women, the biggest decline in 29 countries studied.The average lifespan for a woman in Hawaii is 84.8—more than 3 years older than the national average of 81.2 and nearly seven years longer than the 78.1 year average life expectancy in West
Life expectancy for the U.S. population in 2020 was 77.0 years, a decrease of 1.8 years from 2019. The age-adjusted death rate increased by 16.8% from 715.2 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2019 to 835.4 in 2020. Age-specific death rates increased from 2019 to 2020 for each age group 15 years and over. Deaths owed to homicide are one reason for this; by age 50, the gap in life expectancy shrinks to 3.9 years. Looking across races and ethnicities, the American Indian or Alaska Native population experienced a devastating loss in life expectancy between 2019 and 2021, from 71.8 years in 2019 to 65.2 years in 2021, a 9 percent decline. .