Tag: Life Expectancy

As per the report prepared by the office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India on the basis of the Sample Registration System (SRS) data for the period 2015-19, Odisha’s life expectancy is 69.8 years and the nation’s life expectancy is 69.7 years. 

Women in 15 countries and men in 10 countries were found to have a lower expectancy at birth in 2020 than in 2015 -- a year in which life expectancy was already negatively affected by a significant flu season.

New Delhi: India is the world’s second most polluted country, slightly trailing only Nepal, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) said on Monday. Particulate pollution is so severe that it shortens the average Indian’s life expectancy by more than four years relative to what it would be if World Health Organization […]

Sydney: If you are obese or overweight in your 20s and 30s, expect to lose up to 10 years in life expectancy, researchers have warned. The findings showed that men and women who are obese in their 20s will lose up to eight and six years respectively in their lives. In addition, if they are […]

London: Want to live a long life? Reducing excess weight and staying in shape may prolong life expectancy by two months, researchers suggested. The study showed that people who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilo of weight they carry. Cigarette smoking and traits associated with lung cancer also […]

  Toronto: People suffering from schizophrenia are three times more likely to die, and die younger, than the general population, indicating a need for solutions to narrow this gap, new research says. Schizophrenia is a disorder that affects a person’s ability to think, feel and behave clearly. The findings showed that people who died from schizophrenia […]

London: As compared to the general population, average life expectancy is respectively 10 and seven years shorter for men and women with mental disorders, says a new study. The study, published in the journal The Lancet, explores mortality for those with different types of mental disorders. “We investigated how mortality rates changed for each type […]

London: If you are taking too much stress, read this carefully. Researchers have found that life expectancy is influenced not only by the traditional lifestyle-related risk factors, but also by factors related to a person’s quality of life, such as heavy stress. The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, was based on data collected […]