{"id":124343,"date":"2016-05-20T11:41:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T09:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=124343"},"modified":"2016-05-20T11:42:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T09:42:52","slug":"life-expectancy-in-south-africa-vs-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/124343\/life-expectancy-in-south-africa-vs-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Life expectancy in South Africa vs the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that global life expectancy increased by five years between 2000 and 2015.<\/p>\n

Globally, life expectancy has been improving at a rate of more than 3 years per decade since 1950, with the exception of the 1990s. During that period, progress on life expectancy stalled in Africa because of the rising HIV epidemic; and in Europe because of increased mortality in many ex-Soviet countries following the collapse of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

According to the WHO, global life expectancy in 2015 was 71.4 years.\u00a0 Twenty-nine countries have an average life expectancy of 80 years or higher.<\/p>\n

On average, women live longer than men in every country of the world and in every WHO region. Overall, female life expectancy is 73.8 years and male life expectancy is 69.1 years.<\/p>\n

Life expectancy exceeds 82 years in 12 countries: Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Iceland,
\nIsrael, France and Sweden in the WHO European Region; Japan, Singapore, Australia, and the Republic of Korea in the WHO Western Pacific Region; and Canada in the WHO
\nRegion of the Americas.<\/p>\n

At the lower end of the range there are still 22 countries with a life expectancy of below 60 years \u2013 all of them in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n

Countries with the highest life expectancy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nAge<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJapan
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		83.7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n83.4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n83.1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n82.8<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSpain
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		82.8<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nItaly
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 82.7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nIceland
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 82.7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nIsrael
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 82.5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nFrance
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 82.4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nSweden
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 82.4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nRepublic of Korea
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 62.3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In Africa, the Maldives tops the list, followed by Algeria, several other North African countries, and a few Island countries.<\/p>\n

South Africa is a lowly 24th on the continent; however, an improvement in medical treatment for HIV has seen a dramatic increase in life expectancy over the past decade.<\/p>\n

Countries in Africa with the highest life expectancy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nAge<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nMaldives
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		78.5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nAlgeria<\/td>\n75.6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nTunisia<\/td>\n75.3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nMauritius<\/td>\n74.6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nMorocco
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		74.3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nCape Verde
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 73.3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nSeychelles
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 73.2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nLibya
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 72.7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nEgypt
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 70.9<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nSao Tome and Principe
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 67.5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nSouth Africa
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		 62.9<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The countries with the lowest life expediencies are located in Africa, led by Sierra Leone (50.1 years), Angola (52.4), Central African Republic (52.5), Chad (53.1), and C\u00f4te d’Ivoire (53.3).<\/p>\n

More on life expectancy<\/h3>\n

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