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Health > Life expectancy Stats: compare key data on Singapore & United States

Definitions

  • 95 percent range: 95% range.
  • 95% range: 95% range.
  • Centenarians per 100,000 people: Amount of centenarians per 100,000 people in each country. Results were compiled by the UN, using estimates from 1950-2008.
  • 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.
STAT Singapore United States HISTORY
95 percent range (83.00-83.50) (80.50-80.60)
95% range (83.00-83.50) (80.50-80.60)
Centenarians per 100,000 people 13.7
Ranked 16th.
17.3
Ranked 11th. 26% more than Singapore
Date of information 2006 est. 2006 est.
Female 83.2
Ranked 13th. 3% more than United States
81
Ranked 34th.

Inequality adjusted index 0.935
Ranked 7th. 8% more than United States
0.863
Ranked 33th.
Male 78.4
Ranked 11th. 3% more than United States
76
Ranked 34th.

Men 79 years
Ranked 8th. 4% more than United States
76 years
Ranked 30th.
Women 84 years
Ranked 8th. 4% more than United States
81 years
Ranked 33th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy (Life expectancy at birth (years), Global Burden of Disease) (Das, Pamela; Samarasekera, Udani (2012). "The story of GBD 2010: a "super-human" effort" . The Lancet 380 (9859): 2067–2070. doi : 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62174-6 . Wang, Haidong; Dwyer-Lindgren, Laura; Lofgren, Katherine T; Rajaratnam, Julie Knoll; Marcus, Jacob R; Levin-Rector, Alison; Levitz, Carly E; Lopez, Alan D; Murray, Christopher JL (2012). "Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010". The Lancet 380 (9859): 2071–2094. doi : 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61719-X ., ); Wikipedia: Centenarian (Centenarian populations by country) ("World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision" . United Nations. Retrieved 24 February 2013. "World Population Ageing 2009" . (PDF) ST/ESA/SER.A/295. Population Division – Department of Economic and Social Affairs. United Nations. October 2010. p.27. "Chapter 1: Setting the Scene" (PDF). UNFPA. 2012 . Retrieved 11 January 2013 .); Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy; (1) United Nations Population Division. 2009. World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables), (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Development Programme. Source tables; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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