Health > Life expectancy Stats: compare key data on Ghana & United States
Definitions
- 95 percent range: 95% range.
- 95% range: 95% range.
- Female: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
- Inequality adjusted index: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index.
- Male: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
- Men: Life expectancy for men.
- Women: Life expectancy for women.
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